Township in Sichuan, China
Kardze
[2]
[3]
[a]
or Garzê (
Tibetan : དཀར་མཛེས ,
Wylie : dkar mdzes ,
THL : kar dzé ), called Ganzi in Chinese (
Chinese : 甘孜 ;
pinyin : Gānzī ),
[2] is a town and county seat in
Kardze County ,
Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western
Sichuan Province,
China . Despite Kardze Prefecture being named after the town, the prefecture capital is
Kangding , 365 km to the southeast. As of 2010, Kardze was home to 16,920 inhabitants. Kardze is an
ethnic Tibetan township and is located in the historical
Tibetan region of
Kham . It contains the 15th century
Kandze Monastery , home to over 500
Gelugpa monks.
[9]
Geography
The suspension bridge across the
Yalong River
Kardze lies in the large Kardze valley at 3390 metres above sea level and is surrounded by rocky terrain and mountains.
[10] The
Yalong River 's tributary
Rongcha River passes through the town from north to south.
Gallery
Notes
References
Citations
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"Gānzī Zhèn (Gānzī Xiàn)" . citypopulation.de . Retrieved 22 March 2017 .
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a
b
Tibet 2002: A Year Book . London: Tibet Information Network. 2003. p. 146–147.
ISBN
0-9541961-5-5 – via archive.org.
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Garri, Irina (2020),
"The rise of the Five Hor States of Northern Kham. Religion and politics in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands" , Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines (51): 7–8
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Kolas, Ashild; Thowsen, Monika P. (2011).
On the Margins of Tibet: Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier . University of Washington Press. pp. 33–34.
ISBN
978-0-295-80410-1 .
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Smith, Warren (1996).
Tibetan Nation: A History Of Tibetan Nationalism And Sino-Tibetan Relations . Avalon Publishing. pp. 377–378.
ISBN
978-0-8133-3155-3 .
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Ryavec, Karl E. (2015).
A Historical Atlas of Tibet . University of Chicago Press. pp. 13, 21.
ISBN
978-0-226-24394-8 .
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Lonely Planet, Tibet (2005) , p. 254;
Lonely Planet, Tibet (2011) , p. 225
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"Ganzi" . Chinadiscover.net. Retrieved December 11, 2009 .
Sources
Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). China's Ancient Tea Horse Road . Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2
Leffman, David, et al. (2005). The Rough Guide to China . 4th Edition. Rough Guides, New York, London, Delhi.
ISBN
978-1-84353-479-2 .
Mayhew, Bradley; Kohn, Michael (2011). Tibet . Lonely Planet.
ISBN
1-74059-523-8 .
Mayhew, Bradley; Kohn, Michael; Mccrohan, Daniel; Bellezza, John Vincent (2011).
Tibet . Lonely Planet – via archive.org.
External links
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