Yangbajain
Also known as Yangbajing, Yangbajain Town, Yangbacain
Yangbajain (also spelled Yangbajing; ) is a town approximately north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies just south of the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of nomads with grazing yak and sheep populating the hillside. It is the site Yangpachen Monastery, which was historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü and the Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory.
Key facts
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- Yangbajain
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- Tibetan
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- Tibetan
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- ཡངས་པ་ཅན།
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- Wylie transliteration
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- yangs pa can
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- pronunciation in IPA
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- official transcription (PRC)
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- Yangbajain
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- THDL
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- Yangpachen
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Geothermal field
- Holy Medical Spring Resort
- Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory
- See also
- References
Yangbajain (also spelled Yangbajing; ) is a town approximately north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies just south of the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of nomads with grazing yak and sheep populating the hillside. It is the site Yangpachen Monastery, which was historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü and the Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory.
==Geothermal field==
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