Siguniangshan

Siguniangshan Town (Chinese: 四姑娘山镇; pinyin: Sìgūniángshān zhèn; Tibetan: སྐུ་བླ་རི་བོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, Wylie: sku bla ri bo grong rdal), formerly Rilong Town (Chinese: 日隆镇), is a town in Xiaojin County in the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China. It is a main base for visiting Mount Siguniang. Rilong lies at roughly 3,160 meters above sea level, and the population are mainly Tibetan.

Siguniangshan Town
Tibetan transcription(s)
  Tibetanསྐུ་བླ་རི་བོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
  Wylie transliterationsku bla ri bo grong rdal
  Tibetan pinyinGularipo Chongdai
Chinese transcription(s)
  Simplified四姑娘山镇
  Traditional四姑娘山鎮
  PinyinSìgū niángshān Zhèn
Siguniangshan Town is located in Sichuan
Siguniangshan Town
Siguniangshan Town
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°59′33″N 102°49′49″E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
PrefectureNgawa
CountyXiaojin
Area
  Total480 km2 (190 sq mi)
Elevation
3,160 m (10,370 ft)
Population
2,893
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
624207
Area code0837


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