Sangri County

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Sangri County
桑日县 • ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Sangri County (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Location of Sangri County (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet AR
Sangri is located in Tibet
Sangri
Sangri
Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Coordinates (Sangri County government): 29°15′34″N 92°01′04″E / 29.2594°N 92.0177°E / 29.2594; 92.0177Coordinates: 29°15′34″N 92°01′04″E / 29.2594°N 92.0177°E / 29.2594; 92.0177
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShannan
SeatSangri
Population
 (1999)
 • Total15,470
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Sangri County, (Tibetan: ཟངས་རི་རྫོང་།, Wylie: zangs ri rdzong, ZYPY: Sangri Zong; Chinese: 桑日县; pinyin: Sāngrì Xiàn) is a county of Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1]

It is home to Wolkha Cholung Monastery, founded as a hermitage in 1393 by Tsongkhapa.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "zangs ri rdzong". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2020-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "'ol dga' chos lung". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2020-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Wolkha Cholung". The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan Region. Retrieved 2020-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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