Gyaca, Tibet Explained

Official Name:Gyaca
Native Name:རྒྱ་ཚ་
Translit Lang1 Type:Tibetan
Translit Lang1 Type2:pronunciation in IPA
Translit Lang1 Type4:THDL
Translit Lang1 Type5:other transcriptions
Translit Lang2 Type:Traditional
Translit Lang2 Info6:-->
Pushpin Map:China Tibet
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Tibet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Shannan Prefecture
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Gyaca County
Population Blank1 Title:Major Nationalities
Population Blank1:Tibetan
Population Blank2 Title:Regional dialect
Population Blank2:Tibetan language
Timezone:+8
Coordinates:29.1431°N 92.5919°W

Gyaca (རྒྱ་ཚ་), also known as Drumpa, is a township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, approximately from Lhasa. It is the seat of Gyaca County in the Shannan Prefecture and lies on a bend in the Brahmaputra River. It contains the Dakpo Tratsang Monastery and government offices for Gyaca County.

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