Gandancun
in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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Lhasa Gonggar Airport (16 mi) -
Paro Airport (173 mi)
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (Unesco heritage, 19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 29.386 and 91.155 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 29° 23' 11" and E 91° 9' 17"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yuan Renminbi - CNY
- Spoken languages:
- Chinese, Uighur, Zhuang
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:11 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Asia/Urumqi
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:27 am and 4:57 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.637 and -78.834 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Robinson Crusoe - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to China.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning China. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Gandancun
Gandancun in Tibet Autonomous Region is a town located in China about 1,601 mi (or 2,576 km) south-west of Beijing, the country's capital place.
Time in Gandancun is now 06:11 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Asia / Urumqi with an UTC offset of 6 hours. We know of 2 airports nearby Gandancun. The closest airport in China is Lhasa Gonggar Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa in a distance of 19 mi (or 30 km), North.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Konggar, Caina, Niu, Nam and Lhasa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 4°C / 39 °F
| Morning Temperature | -5°C / 23 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
| Night Temperature | 0°C / 33 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 20% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
6°C (42 °F)
2°C (35 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
5°C (41 °F)
1°C (35 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
6°C (42 °F)
1°C (33 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Gonggar County
Gonggar County, is a county of the Shannan Prefecture (Lhoka Prefecture) in the Tibet Autonomous Region, one of the 12 counties of the prefecture. It has under its jurisdiction 5 towns, 3 townships, 43 administrative villages (neighbourhood committees) and 168 village development committees and contains notable landmarks such as the Gonggar Choide Monastery, the Gonggar Dzong, and the Gonggar Airport and the Gonggar town.
Dorje Drak
Dorje Drak, Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar (Tib. ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་ཨེ་ཝཾ་ལྕོག་སྒར་, Wyl. thub bstan rdo rje brag rdo rje brag e waM lcog sgar) was one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries in Tibet. "It is located in the Lhoka (Lho-ka) region of southern Central Tibet. " Dorje Drak is also the name of the monastery built to replace it in Shimla, India, after the original was destroyed during Chinese invasion of Tibet.
Chênggo
Chenggo is a township in Gonggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4744 metres (15,567 feet). The village has a population of about 2563.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Gandancun.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Gandancun, 甘旦村
