Nyalam Town
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"Police Attention: No distributing any unhealthy thoughts or objects." A trilingual (Tibetan - Chinese- English) sign above the entrance to a small cafe in Nyalam Town, Tibet, 1993.
Nyalam (Chinese: 聂拉木; Pinyin: Nièlāmù), traditionally known as Tsongdu[1] is a small Tibetan town near the Nepal border. It is the county seat of Nyalam County in Shigatse Prefecture (part of the historical Tsang Province of the old Tibet). It is 35 km from Zhangmu town in the same county, which is the point of entry to Nepal. Nyalam is situated at 3,750 metres (12,300 ft) above sea level.
Once a town of stone buildings and tin roofs, it was nicknamed 'The Gate of Hell' by the Nepalese traders because the old trail between Nyalam and the Nepalese border was so treacherous to negotiate. Today Nyalam is fast growing little town made of concrete buildings located on the Friendship Highway between Lhasa and the Nepal border. South of Nyalam the road drops abruptly through the gorge of the Matsang Tsangpo or Sun Kosi as it is known in Nepal. [2][3] The town is aboout 40 km from the Nepalese border and 150 km from Kathmandu.
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- ^ Dorje (1999), p. 305.
- ^ Dorje (1999), p. 305.
- ^ Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn (2005), p. 193.
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- Dowman, Keith. (1988). The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, pp. 73-79. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0
- Gyume Dorje. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 0 8442-2190-2.
- Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet, 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8.
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Coordinates: 28°09′38″N 85°58′43″E / 28.16056°N 85.97861°E / 28.16056; 85.97861
