Gungtang Township Village and township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gungtang,[1][2][a] or Kotang,[b] called Gongdang by China,[c][5] is a village and township in the Gyirong County in the Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet region of China. In addition to Gungtang, the township contains three villages: Ru, Tsang (Zhang village) and Kangpo (Kangbei village).[6] See also List of towns and villages in Tibet Notes [a]Tibetan: གུང་ཐང, Wylie: gung thang, THL: gung tang, ZWPY: Kungtang.[3] The alternative spelling of Kungtang is also seen English.[4] [b]Tibetan: ཀོ་ཐང, Wylie: ko thang, THL: ko tang, ZWPY: Gotang.[3] [c]Chinese: 贡当乡; pinyin: Gòng dāng xiāng.[3] References [1]Roberts, Peter Alan (2000), The Biographies of Ras-chung-pa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography, University of Oxford, p. 165 [2]Tibetmap sheet 2884, Tibet Map Institute, November 2016; Gungtang, KMAPS, University of Virginia, retrieved 14 January 2023. [3]"Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Xigazê Prefecture-Level City". KNAB Place Name Database. Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03. [4]Strachey, Henry (1854), Physical Geography of Western Tibet, London: William Clows and Sons, p. 4 – via archive.org [5]Townships of Jilong County, Nationanl Bureau of Stistics, China, retrieved 14 January 2023. [6]Gongdang Township, Nationanl Bureau of Stistics, China, retrieved 14 January 2023. 28°49′N 84°48′E This Tibet location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.vte Related Articles
