Pagri

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Pagri (or Phari) is a town in Xizang Zizhiqu, (Tibet Autonomous Region) China. It is one of the highest and coldest towns in the world, being 15,000 feet above the sea-level. Pagri was of some military importance in the early 20th century when it was occupied by the British expedition under Francis Younghusband in 1904. Pagri was a staging area enroute to Gyantse and utimately Lhasa.

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Coordinates: 27°45′N, 89°10′E

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