Tagong

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Tagong
Lhagang
Township
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan ལྷ་སྒང་
 • Wylie transliteration lha sgang
Chinese transcription(s)
Tagong is located in Sichuan
Tagong
Tagong
Location of the county
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Country China
Province Sichuan
Prefecture Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
County Kangding County
Time zone CST (UTC+8)

Tagong (塔公), also known as Lhagang (ལྷ་སྒང་) is a small town in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of western Sichuan Province, in southwestern China. It is located in the historical Kham region of eastern Tibet.

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Tagong Monastery.

Tagong Monastery

It is the location of Tagong Monastery — a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and one of the most important in the area — in Tibetan Pel Lhagong.

It was established with reference to a nearby sacred mountain, Mt. Yala or Zhara Lhaste, 5,820 metres (19,090 ft) in elevation.


Tagong Grassland

Tagong Grassland has an area of 712.37 square kilometers.

See also

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