Layu: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 29.1471° N, 91.6586° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,550 km (1,585 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 74 km (46 mi), straight line
• Shannan Longzi Airport (LGZ): 105 km (65 mi), straight line
• Bathpalathang Airport (BUT, Bhutan): 198 km (123 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Changzhug: 12 km (8 mi)
• Lhoka: 15 km (10 mi)
• Zetang: 15 km (10 mi)
• Pozhang: 17 km (11 mi)
• Dopozhang: 19 km (12 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Lhoka, 15 km (10 mi)