Drakna Township

Drakna,[1][lower-alpha 1] Drakne,[lower-alpha 2] or Chagnê[lower-alpha 3] is a township in Gyirong County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[2][3][4]

Drakna is a farming village on the bank of Maquan River at an elevation of 4,420 metres (14,500 ft). In addition to Drakna, the township has five other villages: Nailong Village, Gampo Village, Kongmu Village, Tangguo Village, and Karon Village.[5]

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Notes
  1. Tibetan: བྲག་སྣ, Wylie: brag sna, THL: drak na
  2. Tibetan: བྲག་སྣེ, Wylie: brag sne, THL: drak né
  3. Chinese: 差那; pinyin: Chà nà

References
  1. Tibetmap sheet 2884, Tibet Map Institute, November 2016; Drakna, KMAPS, University of Virginia, retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. "Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Xigazê Prefecture-Level City". KNAB Place Name Database. Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03.
  3. Tibetmap sheet 2985, Tibet Map Institute, retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. (in Chinese) Wu Zhenhua (武振华), Xizang Diming (西藏地名; Place Names in Tibet), p.70, Chinese Zangxue Press (中国藏学出版社) 1996, ISBN 7-80057-284-6
  5. Chana Township, Nationanl Bureau of Stistics, China, retrieved 14 January 2023.

29°10′52″N 85°53′02″E

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