Yadong County
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Yadong County 亚东县 • གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང་། |
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.png) Location of Yadong County within Tibet |
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 Yadong County
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| Coordinates: 27°31′9″N 88°58′12″E / 27.51917°N 88.97000°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture-level city | Xigazê |
| Capital | Lingma |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Dromo County or Chomo (Tibetan: གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང༌།, Wylie: gro-mo rdzong) or Yadong County (simplified Chinese: 亚东; traditional Chinese: 亞東; pinyin: Yàdōng; Wade–Giles: Ya-tung) is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet Autonomous Region, China, situated in the mouth of the Chumbi valley near the China-India and China-Bhutan border. It lies in the middle part of Himalayas and the south of Tibet Autonomous Region, covering about 4,306 square kilometers with a population of 10,000. It is under the jurisdiction of Xigazê.
The town of Dromo (Yadong) Coordinates: 27°29′22″N 88°54′21″E / 27.48944°N 88.90583°E is very close to the borders of both the Indian state of Sikkim and Bhutan and has a hotel, a guest house, some government offices and army barracks.
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