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448:region of
333:rtse thang
190:Population
1492:27 August
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1349:Footnotes
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518:Chenresig
204:Time zone
1396:Das 1902
1318:Chethang
1314:Tsethang
1288:Source:
1241:Percent
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179:District
172:Shannnan
155:Province
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1594:91°46′E
1591:29°15′N
1482:中国气象数据网
1322:Chetang
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384:Tibetan
380:Tsetang
311:རྩེ་ཐང།
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224:Tsetang
144:Country
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116:29°15′N
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1339:Zetang
1335:Zêtang
1233:237.8
1230:244.3
1227:264.2
1224:231.7
1221:223.0
1218:213.8
1215:248.3
1212:269.9
1209:255.9
1206:250.8
1203:220.5
1200:230.2
971:(5.4)
921:(8.1)
587:Month
532:ogress
513:Sakyas
473:Nedong
422::
420:pinyin
414::
408:Zedang
347:Zêtang
289:Zédāng
184:Nedong
1568:Tibet
1300:Notes
1141:19.5
1097:89.2
1085:12.4
1082:18.6
1079:19.9
1076:13.5
1048:384.7
1023:110.8
1018:113.3
974:−18.2
969:−14.8
964:−11.2
924:−10.1
919:−13.3
914:−18.2
626:Year
489:Samye
461:gompa
450:China
446:Tibet
434:Lhasa
406:) or
392:Wylie
327:Wylie
209:UTC+8
1572:ISBN
1557:ISBN
1542:ISBN
1516:ISBN
1494:2023
1467:2023
1337:and
1320:and
1150:(%)
1138:0.6
1135:1.4
1132:1.0
1117:1.0
1114:5.2
1111:6.3
1108:2.6
1105:1.4
1094:0.3
1091:0.7
1088:3.3
1073:9.3
1070:6.4
1067:3.1
1064:1.2
1061:0.5
1028:56.0
1013:48.7
1008:26.7
1003:12.6
959:−6.1
954:−0.7
934:−2.6
929:−6.8
899:−6.7
894:−2.7
879:10.9
874:11.3
869:10.3
854:−0.7
849:−4.6
844:−7.3
819:10.2
814:14.2
809:15.7
804:16.4
799:16.5
794:13.0
764:16.9
754:13.2
749:18.2
744:21.2
739:22.6
734:23.4
729:24.0
724:20.6
719:16.8
714:13.9
709:10.5
694:30.3
689:19.3
684:22.5
679:24.5
674:27.1
669:28.5
664:30.3
659:30.0
654:28.7
649:26.5
644:25.0
639:20.6
634:20.5
623:Dec
620:Nov
617:Oct
614:Sep
611:Aug
608:Jul
605:Jun
602:May
599:Apr
596:Mar
593:Feb
590:Jan
57:Town
1283:66
1280:75
1277:77
1274:75
1271:63
1268:55
1265:50
1262:59
1259:64
1256:66
1253:67
1250:69
1247:71
1189:42
1186:32
1183:34
1180:43
1177:58
1174:61
1171:60
1168:49
1165:43
1162:39
1159:31
1156:28
1153:29
1043:0.2
1038:1.0
1033:8.4
998:5.6
993:1.1
988:0.3
949:4.5
944:5.8
939:0.7
904:2.7
889:3.5
884:9.0
864:6.3
859:2.5
834:9.2
829:0.6
824:4.5
789:9.2
784:6.4
779:2.8
774:0.4
759:9.7
704:8.9
436:in
416:泽当镇
400:THL
213:CST
45:泽当镇
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245:泽当
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