Gyangkar: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 28.4000° N, 87.8000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,909 km (1,807 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Shigatse Tingri Airport (DDR): 101 km (62 mi), straight line
• Taplejung Airport (TPJ, Nepal): 117 km (73 mi), straight line
• Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA, Nepal): 132 km (82 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sajia: 62 km (39 mi)
• Gangba: 69 km (43 mi)
• Kambaxoi: 73 km (45 mi)
• Xegar: 75 km (46 mi)
• Quxar: 79 km (49 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gangtok, 144 km (89 mi)