Yagra Township, Zhongba County

Yagra is a village and township in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, not far from the base of the sacred Mount Kailash.[1] The Bukhar, one of the upper tributaries of the Indus River, begins near Yagra and is fed by snowmelt.[2]

For the genus of moth, see Yagra (moth).
Yagra
Yagra is located in China
Yagra
Yagra
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 29°32′30″N 83°56′16″E
CountryChina
RegionTibet
Population
 • Total
     • Major Nationalities
    		Tibetan
     • Regional dialect
    		Tibetan language
    Time zone+8

    Notes
    1. Albinia (2008), p. 307.
    2. Albinia (2008), p. 307.

    References
    • Albinia, Alice. (2008) Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River. First American Edition (2010) W. W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-0-393-33860-7.

    See also


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