Rixing: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 28.9020° N, 89.2748° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 2,758 km (1,714 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ): 50 km (31 mi), straight line
• Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA): 165 km (103 mi), straight line
• Paro International Airport (PBH, Bhutan): 167 km (104 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Wangdain: 12 km (8 mi)
• Duqiong: 15 km (9 mi)
• Ma Xiang: 19 km (12 mi)
• Gapu: 20 km (12 mi)
• Kangzhuo: 22 km (13 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Doilungdeqen, 186 km (116 mi)