Burang Town

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Burang (Tibetan: སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང, IPA: puʂeŋ; simplified Chinese: 普兰镇; traditional Chinese: 普蘭鎮; pinyin: Pǔlán Zhèn) , known as Purang in Tibetan, is a town which serves as the administrative center of Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China. The town lies at 4,755 metres (13,205 feet) altitude in the valley of the Sarayu Karnali River. As of 2010, the town has a population of 6,047. To the south are Gurla Mandhata (Mount Namonanyi) and the Abi Gamin ranges. Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash are to the north. This region is the mythological and actual river nexus of the Himalaya with sources of the Indus, Ganges and Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra all within 110 kilometres (70 mi) of Burang.

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