Dongxi: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 28.6492° N, 89.1199° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,786 km (1,731 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 80 km (50 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 142 km (88 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 189 km (117 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Jiakexi: 10 km (6 mi)
• Gapu: 13 km (8 mi)
• Xiongzhang: 24 km (15 mi)
• Wangdain: 24 km (15 mi)
• Rixing: 32 km (20 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gangtok, 155 km (97 mi)