Kangxung: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 29.2906° N, 90.0824° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,669 km (1,658 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 76 km (47 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 80 km (50 mi), straight line
• Bathpalathang Airport (BUT, Bhutan): 203 km (126 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Karru: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Partang: 16 km (10 mi)
• Nyemo: 18 km (11 mi)
• Chaba: 18 km (11 mi)
• Qiangqinxue: 18 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 97 km (60 mi)