Yagra

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Yagra
Yagra
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 29°10′N 99°1′E / 29.167°N 99.017°E / 29.167; 99.017Coordinates: 29°10′N 99°1′E / 29.167°N 99.017°E / 29.167; 99.017
Country China
Region Tibet
Population
 • Total
     • Major Nationalities Tibetan
     • Regional dialect Tibetan language
    Time zone +8

    Yagra is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, not far from the base of the sacred mountain, Mount Kailash.[1] The Bukhar, one of the upper tributaries of the Indus River begins near Yagra and is fed by snowmelt.[2]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Albinia (2008), p. 307.
    2. ↑ Albinia (2008), p. 307.

    References

    • Albinia, Alice. (2008) Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River. First American Edition (2010) W. W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-0-393-33860-7.

    See also

    • List of towns and villages in Tibet


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