Shiquanhe
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Shiquanhe (), known in Tibetan as Sênggêkanbab () or Sênggêzangbo, is the main town and administrative seat of Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Shiquanhe is located on the bank of Sênggê Zangbo, the source stream of the Indus River, close to its confluence with the Gartang River.
Key facts
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- Shiquanhe
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- Sênggêzangbo
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- Town
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- Ngari Prefecture IMG 3552.jpg
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- 300px
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- The main square in Shiquanhe
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- Tibet#China Tibet Ngari#China
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- Location of Shiquanhe in Tibet Autonomous Region##Location of Shiquanhe in Ngari Prefecture##Location of Shiquanhe in China
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Region
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- Tibet Autonomous Region
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- Prefecture
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- Ngari
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- County
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- Gar
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 24112
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Shiquanhe (), known in Tibetan as Sênggêkanbab () or Sênggêzangbo, is the main town and administrative seat of Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Shiquanhe is located on the bank of Sênggê Zangbo, the source stream of the Indus River, close to its confluence with the Gartang River.
== Name == This modern Chinese-built town is named after the Sengge Zangbo river, the main headwater of the Indus River, on whose banks it is located. It is called "Sengge Zangbo" or "Sengge Khabab" in Tibetan and "Shiquanhe" in Chinese.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shiquanhe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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