Old Yatung
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old-yatung-245-6182711
title:
Old Yatung
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Old Yatung, originally just "Yatung", with a native Tibetan spelling of Nyatong
or Myatong, is a location 2 miles west of Rinchengang in the lower Chumbi Valley in the present day Yadong County of Tibet. It is in the valley of Yatung Chu, the river that flows down from Jelep La to join the Amo Chu river near Rinchengang.
But according to travel writer John Easton, Yatung is actually a hill top location adjoining the valley, which has a historic Kagyu monastery. The monastery itself lies along th
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Place in Tibet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Yatung
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2023-09-20T13:31:55Z
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