Wenquan, Tibet

Wenquan, Tibet

Wenquan is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, just north of the Tanggula Pass and holds the record for being the highest town in the world at 5,100 m (16,732 ft). It was built by the Chinese in 1955. [Buckley,Michael and Strauss, Robert. "Tibet: a travel survival kit", pp. 219, 230. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908066-88-1.]

Population within a 7 km radius is about 546.

Footnotes

ee also

*List of towns and villages in Tibet

External links and references

* [http://fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Wenquan.html FallingRain.com]
* http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/6/Wenquan2.html


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