Cheren: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 28.8623° N, 89.6969° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,726 km (1,694 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 67 km (41 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 128 km (79 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 164 km (102 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Niandui: 4.6 km (2.9 mi)
• Nanni: 6.2 km (3.8 mi)
• Jiangzi: 11 km (7 mi)
• Jangra: 13 km (8 mi)
• Zijin: 17 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 153 km (95 mi)