Nagqu

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Nagqu is a high-altitude town and prefecture-level area in northern Tibet, China, known as a key stop on the Qinghai–Tibet route and a gateway to the surrounding plateau and mountain regions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nagqu canonical 4
Nagchu 1
Nagqu borders Lhasa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of China
prefecture-level city
town
administrativeLevel prefecture-level
borderingRegion Nagqu borders Chamdo
Nagqu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nagqu borders Lhasa

Ngari Prefecture
surface form: Nagqu borders Ngari Prefecture

Nagqu borders Chamdo
surface form: Nagqu borders Nyingchi

Nagqu Prefecture-level City
surface form: Nagqu borders Qinghai Province

Nagqu Prefecture-level City
surface form: Nagqu borders Shigatse

Nagqu borders Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
contains Nyainrong County
surface form: Amdo County

Baqên County
Biru County
Nyainrong County
surface form: Lhari County

Nagqu Town
Nyainrong County
Nyima County
Shuanghu County
Sog County
Xainza County
country China
economy animal husbandry
elevation about 4500 metres above sea level
ethnicGroup Tibetan
hasAdministrativeCenter Nagqu Town
hasClimate alpine climate
hasFeature cold, dry environment
vast grasslands
historicalName Nagqu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nagchu
knownFor being a key stop on the Qinghai–Tibet route
gateway to surrounding plateau and mountain regions
high altitude
language Standard Chinese
Tibetan language
locatedIn Tibet Autonomous Region
northern Tibet
locatedInMountainSystem Tanggula Mountains
surface form: Tanggula Mountains region
locatedOn Tibetan Plateau
notableEvent Nagqu Horse Racing Festival
partOf China
surface form: People's Republic of China
railwayStation Tanggula railway station
surface form: Nagqu Railway Station
regionType pastoral region
roadConnection China National Highway 109 NERFINISHED
romanization Naqu
timezone China Standard Time
transportHubFor northern Tibet
traversedBy Qinghai–Tibet Highway
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
utcOffset +8

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanggula Mountains near Nagqu
Nagqu borderingRegion Nagqu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nagqu borders Lhasa
Nagqu historicalName Nagqu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nagchu