Daglung
Encyclopedia
Taklung, Taglung or Daglung is a small town
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
of China
. It lies at an altitude
of 4459 metres (14,632 feet). The town was once the seat of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, with its headquarters at the Taklung Monastery
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
of China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It lies at an altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
of 4459 metres (14,632 feet). The town was once the seat of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, with its headquarters at the Taklung Monastery
Taklung Monastery
Taklung Monastery, Taklung stag-lung, Taklung Yarthang Monastery, Pel Taklug Tang or Taklung or Taglung Gompa is a Kagyu Buddhist monastery about 120 km north of Lhasa.-History:...
.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Tibet