Bamda
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Bamda is a small town in the Nyingchi Prefecture
in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
, roughly 1,000 km from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner.
It lies at an altitude
of 4,400 metres. The village is located 22 km east of Qoiden
and about 32 km from the border with Sichuan
.
Nyingchi Prefecture
Nyingchi Prefecture is a prefecture in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region in western China. The Chinese government claims South Tibet, which is currently governed by India, as part of the prefecture....
in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
of China
China
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, roughly 1,000 km from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner.
It lies at an altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
of 4,400 metres. The village is located 22 km east of Qoiden
Qoidên
-See also:*List of towns and villages in Tibet...
and about 32 km from the border with Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
.