Yangbajain
Yangbajain | |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | ཡངས་པ་ཅན། |
| • Wylie transliteration | yangs pa can |
| • pronunciation in IPA | [jaŋpatɕɛ̃] |
| • official transcription (PRC) | Yangbajain |
| • THDL | Yangpachen |
| • other transcriptions | Yangpachän |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional/Simplified | 羊八井 |
| • Pinyin | Yángbājǐng |
Yangpachen Valley | |
| Coordinates: 30°5′N 90°33′E / 30.083°N 90.550°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Lhasa |
| County | Damxung County |
| Population | |
| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | +8 |
Yangbajain (also spelled Yangbajing; Chinese: 羊八井; pinyin: Yángbājǐng) is a town approximately 87 kilometers (54 mi) north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies just south of the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of nomads with grazing yak and sheep populating the hillside. It is the site Yangpachen Monastery, which was historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü and the Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory.