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Pargor Subdistrict

The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China.

The place

The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pargor Subdistrict

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Potala Palace

    7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas

    1.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Jokhang

    Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa

    300 m · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Norbulingka

    Palace in Lhasa, Tibet

    3.7 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lhasa Great Mosque

    Mosque in Tibet

    300 m · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ramoche Temple

    Building in Lhasa, China

    1 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Tibet Museum

    Museum in Lhasa, Tibet, China

    3.5 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Drapchi Prison

    Building in Tibet Autonomous Region, China

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet

    Monument in People's Republic of China

    1.6 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Tsomon Ling

    Building in People's Republic of China

    800 m · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Chokpori

    Mountain in People's Republic of China

    2.3 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Pargor Subdistrict

Airports
Lhasa Gonggar (LXA), 45 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 181 km
  • Shannan (Gonggar) → Pargor Subdistrict
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · ¥23–31
  • Xigazê (Samzhubzê) → Pargor Subdistrict
    222 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · ¥100–135
  • Paro → Pargor Subdistrict
    299 km · quickest by air, 8h 15m · $300–460
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pargor Subdistrict

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pargor Subdistrict. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    241 km
  2. 02
    ZiroIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    321 km
  3. 03
    MajuliIN

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    430 km
  4. 04
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    489 km
  5. 05
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    504 km

If you know how people move in Pargor Subdistrict – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Pargor Subdistrict

Pargor Subdistrict is 3 km from Lhasa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Lhasaprefecture-level city and capital of Tibet900 m
  • Lhasa Districtdistrict in Lhasa, Tibet, China1.6 km