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Chentang
CountryChina
RegionTibet
PrefectureShigatse
CountyDinggyê
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,043
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Chentang, officially Zhêntang Town (Chinese: 陈塘镇) is a town in Dinggyê County, in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is a border town on the China-Nepal border and lies on the Pum River. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 2,043.[1]As of 2013, it had 6 communities under its administration.

There is a significant population of Xiarba people in the vicinity. Buddhists, they are stated to be good dancers, with similarities to many ethnic groups in Nepal.[2]

References

  1. ^ "China: Shigatse, Xigazê / 日喀则地区革". National Bureau of Statistics of China, accessed via Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ Zhang, Xiaoming (2004). China's Tibet. 五洲传播出版社. p. 25. ISBN 978-7-5085-0608-1.