Dongqiao
Encyclopedia
Dongqiao is a village
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
in northern Tibet north of Lhasa
. It lies at an altitude
of 4652 metres (15,265 feet). The village has a population
of about 155 people.
It lies approximately 14.6 miles west of Sima
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in 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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in northern Tibet north of Lhasa
Lhasa
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
. 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 4652 metres (15,265 feet). The village has a population
Population
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of about 155 people.
It lies approximately 14.6 miles west of Sima
Sima, Tibet
Sima is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in northern Tibet north of Lhasa. It lies at an altitude of 4623 metres . The village has a population of about 159 people.It lies approximately 14.6 miles east of Dongqiao....
.