Qiangdui: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 29.0883° N, 89.3657° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,739 km (1,702 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 30 km (19 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 152 km (94 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 187 km (116 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Rasog: 7.6 km (4.7 mi)
• Luojiang: 10 km (6 mi)
• Bainang: 11 km (7 mi)
• Zhongzi: 12 km (7 mi)
• Duqiong: 13 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 170 km (105 mi)