Risum Township

Coordinates: 33°11.0′N 79°50.4′E / 33.1833°N 79.8400°E / 33.1833; 79.8400
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Risum Township
རི་གསུམ་ཤང
Roksum
Risong Township
Risong is located in Tibet
Risong
Risong
Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 33°11.0′N 79°50.4′E / 33.1833°N 79.8400°E / 33.1833; 79.8400
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet
PrefectureNgari
CountyRutog
Elevation
4,335 m (14,222 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Risum Township[1] (Tibetan: རི་གསུམ་ཤང, Wylie: ri gsum shang) or Risong Township (simplified Chinese: 日松乡; traditional Chinese: 日松鄉; pinyin: Rìsōng Xiāng),[2] traditionally called Roksum in English,[2][3][a] is a township of Rutog County, in far western Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.[5] It is directly serviced by China National Highway 219. The closest airport is the Ali Kunsha Airport.

Villages[edit]

Villages incorporated in the township are:[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Alternative spelling: Rokjung (Tibetan: རུ་ཟུང, Wylie: ru zung.[4])

References[edit]

  1. ^ Risum, geonames.org, retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Ngari prefecture". KNAB Place Name Database. Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03.
  3. ^ Webster's Color Atlas of the World, Crescent Books, 1982, page 61.
  4. ^ Motgomerie, Report of the Trans-Himalayan Explorations during 1868 (1870), p. 48.
  5. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:日土县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  6. ^ Risong Township, National Bureau of Statistics, retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Risong Township, Rutog, Tibet, China". www.cfguide.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. ^ &Diacritics=DC Risum (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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