Gandain
in Tibet Autonomous Region, China

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
29.380 and 91.156 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 29° 22' 46" and E 91° 9' 20"
Currency and Currency Code:
Yuan Renminbi - CNY
Spoken languages:
Chinese, Uighur, Zhuang
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 03:54 AM (Friday)
Timezone: Asia/Urumqi
UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:47 am and 6:12 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-33.637 and -78.834 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Robinson Crusoe
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for China in Eastern Asia

Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to China.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning China. Last Update: 2024-03-28 08:18:27

Explore Gandain

Gandain in Tibet Autonomous Region is a city in China about 1,601 mi (or 2,576 km) south-west of Beijing, the country's capital.

Local time in Gandain is now 03:54 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Asia / Urumqi with an UTC offset of 6 hours. We know of 2 airports in the vicinity of Gandain. The closest airport in China is Lhasa Gonggar Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 25 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa in a distance of 19 mi (or 31 km), North.

Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Konggar, Caina, Niu, Nam and Lhasa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F

Morning Temperature 3°C / 38 °F
Evening Temperature 10°C / 50 °F
Night Temperature 9°C / 49 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 26%
Air Pressure 1011 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 85% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Friday, 29th of March 2024

11°C (51 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Saturday, 30th of March 2024

14°C (57 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.

Sunday, 31st of March 2024

11°C (52 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Gonggar County

Gonggar County, is a county of the Shannan Prefecture (Lhoka Prefecture) in the Tibet Autonomous Region, one of the 12 counties of the prefecture. It has under its jurisdiction 5 towns, 3 townships, 43 administrative villages (neighbourhood committees) and 168 village development committees and contains notable landmarks such as the Gonggar Choide Monastery, the Gonggar Dzong, and the Gonggar Airport and the Gonggar town.

Located at 29.3992, 91.1189 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Counties of Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet

Dorje Drak

Dorje Drak, Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar (Tib. ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་ཨེ་ཝཾ་ལྕོག་སྒར་, Wyl. thub bstan rdo rje brag rdo rje brag e waM lcog sgar) was one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries in Tibet. "It is located in the Lhoka (Lho-ka) region of southern Central Tibet. " Dorje Drak is also the name of the monastery built to replace it in Shimla, India, after the original was destroyed during Chinese invasion of Tibet.

Located at 29.3544, 91.1297 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buddhist monasteries in India, Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, Nyingma

Chênggo

Chenggo is a township in Gonggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4744 metres (15,567 feet). The village has a population of about 2563.

Located at 29.3667, 91.1667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in Shannan Prefecture

Popular in vicinity

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
དགའ་ལྡན