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'''Raka''' is a [[village]] in [[Danga|Danga Township]] in [[Saga County]] in the [[Shigatse Prefecture]] of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]]. It lies along the [[G219 road]] near the junction with the northern heading [[S206 road]] on the road to [[Qierexiang]], roughly {{convert|50|km}} east of [[Saga, Tibet|Saga]] at an altitude of {{convert|5565|m}}.<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title= Maps|publisher=[[Google Maps]]}}</ref> Historically it lay in the province of [[Ü-Tsang|Tsang]].<ref name="Sandberg1906">{{cite book|last=Sandberg|first=Graham|title=Tibet and the Tibetans|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LCEYAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=8 August 2012|year=1906|publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|page=80}}</ref> Raka is very well connected, connected by provincial highway 206 to [[Coqên Town|Coqen]] in the north, Saga in the southwest and [[Lhatse]], [[Shigatse]] and [[Lhasa]] to the east.<ref name="HessbergSchulze2012">{{cite book|last1=Hessberg|first1=Andreas von|last2=Schulze|first2=Waltraud|title=Tibet|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OKoXJJEnsvoC&pg=PA171|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=February 2012|publisher=Trescher Verlag|isbn=978-3-89794-209-7|page=171}}</ref> Several kilometres to the east is the village of [[Kyêrdo]].<ref>{{cite map|title=[[Bing Maps]]|publisher= [[Microsoft]] and [[Harris Corporation]] Earthstar Geographics LLC}}</ref> An "enormous tributary" called the [[Raka Tsanpo]] flows nearby and the saline lake of [[Raka Lake]] is also located in the vicinity.<ref name="Holdich1996">{{cite book|last=Holdich|first=Thomas Hungerford|title=Tibet the Mysterious|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EtkQEq8GFPYC&pg=PA234|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=1 December 1996|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1146-7|page=234}}</ref><ref name="Zheng1997">{{cite book|last=Zheng|first=Mianping|title=An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NvD-RMX58cIC&pg=PA3|accessdate=8 August 2012|year=1997|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-7923-4098-0|page=3}}</ref>
'''Raka''' is a [[village]] in [[Danga|Danga Township]] in [[Saga County]] in the [[Shigatse Prefecture]] of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]]. It lies along the [[G219 road]] near the junction with the northern heading [[S206 road]] on the road to [[Qierexiang]], roughly {{convert|50|km}} east of [[Saga, Tibet|Saga]] at an altitude of {{convert|5565|m}}.<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title= Maps|publisher=[[Google Maps]]}}</ref> Historically it lay in the province of [[Ü-Tsang|Tsang]].<ref name="Sandberg1906">{{cite book|last=Sandberg|first=Graham|title=Tibet and the Tibetans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCEYAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=8 August 2012|year=1906|publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|page=80}}</ref> Raka is very well connected, connected by provincial highway 206 to [[Coqên Town|Coqen]] in the north, Saga in the southwest and [[Lhatse]], [[Shigatse]] and [[Lhasa]] to the east.<ref name="HessbergSchulze2012">{{cite book|last1=Hessberg|first1=Andreas von|last2=Schulze|first2=Waltraud|title=Tibet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKoXJJEnsvoC&pg=PA171|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=February 2012|publisher=Trescher Verlag|isbn=978-3-89794-209-7|page=171}}</ref> Several kilometres to the east is the village of [[Kyêrdo]].<ref>{{cite map|title=[[Bing Maps]]|publisher= [[Microsoft]] and [[Harris Corporation]] Earthstar Geographics LLC}}</ref> An "enormous tributary" called the [[Raka Tsanpo]] flows nearby and the saline lake of [[Raka Lake]] is also located in the vicinity.<ref name="Holdich1996">{{cite book|last=Holdich|first=Thomas Hungerford|title=Tibet the Mysterious|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtkQEq8GFPYC&pg=PA234|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=1 December 1996|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1146-7|page=234}}</ref><ref name="Zheng1997">{{cite book|last=Zheng|first=Mianping|title=An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvD-RMX58cIC&pg=PA3|accessdate=8 August 2012|year=1997|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-7923-4098-0|page=3}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:43, 19 October 2016

Raka
Village
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan་
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Traditional中文
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet
PrefectureShigatse Prefecture
CountySaga County
TownshipDanga
Elevation
5,565 m (18,258 ft)
Population
 • Major Nationalities
Tibetan
 • Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zone+8

Raka is a village in Danga Township in Saga County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies along the G219 road near the junction with the northern heading S206 road on the road to Qierexiang, roughly 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Saga at an altitude of 5,565 metres (18,258 ft).[1] Historically it lay in the province of Tsang.[2] Raka is very well connected, connected by provincial highway 206 to Coqen in the north, Saga in the southwest and Lhatse, Shigatse and Lhasa to the east.[3] Several kilometres to the east is the village of Kyêrdo.[4] An "enormous tributary" called the Raka Tsanpo flows nearby and the saline lake of Raka Lake is also located in the vicinity.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ^ Sandberg, Graham (1906). Tibet and the Tibetans. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 80. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ Hessberg, Andreas von; Schulze, Waltraud (February 2012). Tibet. Trescher Verlag. p. 171. ISBN 978-3-89794-209-7. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. ^ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  5. ^ Holdich, Thomas Hungerford (1 December 1996). Tibet the Mysterious. Asian Educational Services. p. 234. ISBN 978-81-206-1146-7. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. ^ Zheng, Mianping (1997). An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Springer. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7923-4098-0. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

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