Gapu: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 28.7652° N, 89.1399° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,777 km (1,726 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 67 km (42 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 154 km (96 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 182 km (113 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Wangdain: 11 km (7 mi)
• Dongxi: 13 km (8 mi)
• Rixing: 20 km (12 mi)
• Jiakexi: 20 km (13 mi)
• Ma Xiang: 25 km (15 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gangtok, 168 km (105 mi)