Kunggar | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Translit Lang1: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Wylie transliteration |
Translit Lang2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Traditional |
Translit Lang2 Type1: | Simplified |
Translit Lang2 Type2: | Pinyin |
Pushpin Map: | China Tibet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Lhasa Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Maizhokunggar County |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 29.8333°N 135°W |
Kunggar or Maizhokunggar is a small town and seat of Maizhokunggar County in the Lhasa Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is especially noted for its pottery, which non-corrodible, heat retaining and in an ethnic style. It has a more-than-1000-year-old history.[1]