Raka | |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Info: | ་ |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | IPA |
Translit Lang1 Type4: | THDL |
Translit Lang1 Type5: | other transcriptions |
Translit Lang2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Traditional |
Translit Lang2 Info: | 中文 |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | China Tibet |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Tibet |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tibet |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Shigatse Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Saga County |
Subdivision Type4: | Township |
Subdivision Name4: | Dênggar Township |
Population Blank1 Title: | Major Nationalities |
Population Blank1: | Tibetan |
Population Blank2 Title: | Regional dialect |
Population Blank2: | Tibetan language |
Timezone: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 29.4186°N 85.7964°W |
Raka is a village in Dênggar Township in Saga County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies along the G219 road near the junction with the northern heading S206 road on the road to Qierexiang, roughly east of Saga. Historically it lay in the province of Tsang.[1] Raka is very well connected, connected by provincial highway 206 to Coqen in the north, Saga in the southwest and Lhatse, Shigatse and Lhasa to the east.[2] Several kilometres to the east is the village of Kyêrdo.[3] An "enormous tributary" called the Raka Tsanpo flows nearby and the saline lake of Raka Lake is also located in the vicinity.[4] [5]