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- ↑ Roberts, Peter Alan (2000), The Biographies of Ras-chung-pa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography, University of Oxford, p. 165
- ↑ Tibetmap sheet 2884, Tibet Map Institute, November 2016; Gungtang, KMAPS, University of Virginia, retrieved 14 January 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Xigazê Prefecture-Level City". KNAB Place Name Database. Institute of the Estonian Language. 2018-06-03.
- ↑ Strachey, Henry (1854), Physical Geography of Western Tibet, London: William Clows and Sons, p. 4 – via archive.org
- ↑ Townships of Jilong County, Nationanl Bureau of Stistics, China, retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ Gongdang Township, Nationanl Bureau of Stistics, China, retrieved 14 January 2023.
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