Karmai: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 29.1352° N, 89.4955° 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): 31 km (19 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 139 km (86 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 193 km (120 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kardoi: 7.7 km (4.8 mi)
• Rasog: 12 km (7 mi)
• Narong: 12 km (7 mi)
• Zhongzi: 13 km (8 mi)
• Qiangdui: 14 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 156 km (97 mi)