Banbar Town
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Banbar is a town
and capital of Banbar County
in the north-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
. It lies at an altitude
of 4,246 m (13,933 ft.) and is located about 22 km east of Coka.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and capital of Banbar County
Banbar County
Banbar County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,The seat is the town of Banbar Town.-Villages:*Coka*Domartang...
in the north-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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. 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 4,246 m (13,933 ft.) and is located about 22 km east of Coka.
- List of towns and villages in Tibet