Gyaca (village)
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Gyaca also known as Drumpa is a township in the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
, located approximately 155 kilometres from Lhasa
. It is the seat of Gyaca County
in the Shannan Prefecture
and lies on a bend in the Brahmaputra River
. It contains the Dakpo Tratsang Monastery and government offices for Gyaca County.
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
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, located approximately 155 kilometres from 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 is the seat of Gyaca County
Gyaca County
Gyaca County, is a county of the Shannan Prefecture located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region.Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the Podrang La pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to Pamda which is just to the southwest of Daklha...
in the Shannan Prefecture
Shannan Prefecture
The Shannan Prefecture also known as the Lhoka Prefecture is a prefecture in the southeastern area of the Tibet Autonomous Region...
and lies on a bend in the Brahmaputra River
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra , also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. It is the only Indian river that is attributed the masculine gender and thus referred to as a in Indo-Aryan languages and languages with Indo-Aryan influence...
. It contains the Dakpo Tratsang Monastery and government offices for Gyaca County.