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Explore Gyixong in China
Gyixong in the region of Tibet Autonomous Region is a town in China - some 1,613 mi or ( 2596 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital city .
Current time in Gyixong is now 08:07 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Urumqi " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Thimphu, Shillong, Kohima, Itanagar, and Shigatse. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Thimphu . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Gyixong ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Where's the runway? Approach and landing at Gonggar airport for Lhasa Tibet
The spectacular approach between the mountains to Gonggar airport Tibet. Gonggar was the nearest suitable airport sized flat area to Lhasa, which lies some 30km North over a mountain range. The airpor ..
Landing at Gonggar airport for Lhasa Tibet
Landing at Gonggar airport for Lhasa Tibet watching a screen displaying nose wheel view. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
Lhasa Gonggar Airport is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located about 62 kilometres southwest of the city in Gonggar County of Shannan Prefecture. The airport is close to the road to Tsetang, the capital of Shannan Prefecture. At an elevation of 3,570 metres, Lhasa Airport is one of the highest airports in the world. The airport was built in 1965, a second runway was built in 1994 and terminal facilities were upgraded in 2004.
Located at 29.30 90.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Ramai
Ramai is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Located at 29.25 90.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Dorje Drak
Dorje Drak, Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar (Tib. ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་ཨེ་ཝཾ་ལྕོག་སྒར་, Wyl. thub bstan rdo rje brag rdo rje brag e waM lcog sgar) was one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries in Tibet. "It is located in the Lhoka (Lho-ka) region of southern Central Tibet. " Dorje Drak is also the name of the monastery built to replace it in Shimla, India, after the original was destroyed during Chinese invasion of Tibet.
Located at 29.35 91.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Gonggar County
Gonggar County, is a county of the Shannan Prefecture (Lhoka Prefecture) in the Tibet Autonomous Region, one of the 12 counties of the prefecture. It has under its jurisdiction 5 towns, 3 townships, 43 administrative villages (neighbourhood committees) and 168 village development committees and contains notable landmarks such as the Gonggar Choide Monastery, the Gonggar Dzong, and the Gonggar Airport and the Gonggar town.
Located at 29.40 91.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Namgyaixoi
Namgyaixoi is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Located at 29.17 91.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
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