Atlas of China
Nagqu 那曲Nàqū
Northern Tibet's high plateau, a holy Bön lake and an August horse festival
About Nagqu
Nagqu, China's largest prefecture-level city by area and roughly the size of Sweden, spreads across the high plateau of northern Tibet. It holds most of Tibet's lakes, among them Siling Co and part of Namtso, and in the far west Tangra Yumco is the holy lake of the Bön religion. Every August the city hosts the Kyagqen horse-racing festival, which draws herders from across the north for races and archery.
Featured places in Nagqu
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Namtso Lake 纳木错
A vast turquoise sky lake at 4,700 metres beneath the Nyenchen Tanglha range
Listed sites in Nagqu
3 sites in Nagqu are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Sapu Glaciers (Sepu Kangri) 萨普 4A scenic area · on the map
Sapu lies below the peak of Sepu Kangri, on the boundary between Biru and Banbar counties, in an area of snow mountains, large maritime glaciers and glacial lakes; in Tibetan 'sa' means snow leopard and 'pu' the head of a valley. - Tangra Yumco 当惹雍错 4A scenic area · on the map
Tangra Yumco, a holy lake for followers of the Bön religion, is a large salt lake in a basin on the north side of the Gangdise (Transhimalaya) range in Nyima County. - Bangna Monastery 邦纳寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-period monastery west of Baxiu village in Xichang township.
On the map
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