Karru: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 29.3519° N, 90.0940° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,664 km (1,655 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 77 km (48 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 80 km (49 mi), straight line
• Bathpalathang Airport (BUT, Bhutan): 209 km (130 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kangxung: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Nyemo: 11 km (7 mi)
• Partang: 17 km (11 mi)
• Pusum: 17 km (11 mi)
• Xumai: 21 km (13 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 93 km (58 mi)