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Xiangdui Town

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Xiangdui Town
香堆 (Xiangdui)
བྱངས་མདུན (byangs mdun)
Town
Xiangdui Town is located in Tibet
Xiangdui Town
Xiangdui Town
Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 30°35′N 97°58′E / 30.583°N 97.967°E / 30.583; 97.967
CountryChina
Province-level autonomous regionTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureChamdo
CountyZhag'yab
Population
 • Total8,000

Xiangdui Town, known in Tibetan as Qamdün, (Standard Tibetan: བྱངས་མདུན', byangs mdun; Chinese: 香堆镇; pinyin: Xiāngduī zhèn; lit. 'Incense Heap Town') is a town of about 8,000[1] people in the Zhag'yab County of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is home to a Gelug monastery[2] as well as to a specific "blue mask" variety of Tibetan Opera.[3] The Renda Cliff archaeological site[4] is situated in the vicinity of Wangbu village (旺布村) about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Qamdün.

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