{"id":6098,"date":"2021-09-08T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2021-09-08T22:28:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:28:01","slug":"tingri-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/tibet-travel\/tingri-travel\/tingri-county","title":{"rendered":"Tingri County \uff08Tips, Photos & Maps\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your trip to Mt.Everest in Tibet? Then Tingri County ( \u5b9a\u65e5\u53bf ) is the last place to get youself refreshed before you are on your challenging expedition to the north base camp of Mt.Everest. Having some basic information on Tingri County is very important for your successful trip to Mt.Everest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the Google Tingri County Road Sketch Map:<\/strong>
Shelkar ( New Tingri) – Baibacun(Pelbar) 7km
Baibacun (Pelbar) – Tingri ( Gangga Town or Gangkar Town) 60km
Note: Gangkar Town ( Old Tingri) is shown as “Tingri” on Google Map
Gangkar ( Old Tingri) – the north base camp of Mt.Everest 70km
Baibacun ( Pelbar ) – the north base camp of Mt.Everest 108km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Google Tingri County Road Sketch Map <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tingri County administrates two major towns ( Shelkar Town and Gangkar Town ) and 19 townships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelkar Town (New Tingri)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shelkar Town (\u534f\u683c\u5c14\u9547\uff09, also known as Shegar Town and Xegar Town , is the seat of Tingri County. Shelkar Town is often called “New Tingri” in comparison to the “Old Tingri” ( Gangkar Town<\/a>) . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelkar Town used to be a village. On June 27, 1960, the People’s Government of Tingri County was established. It was stationed in Shelkar Village and later the government was moved and stationed in Gangkar ( now called Old Tinfri) in August of the same year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 1968, it moved back to Shegar Village. After that, Shelkar was built into a town. It has become the political, economic and cultural center of Tingri County. Now Shelkar is now known as “New Tingri” and Gangkar as “Old Tingri”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelbar (Baibacun) in Shegar Town, Tingri County<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The National Highway 318 passes through Pelbar or Baibacun on Google Map. Most travelers stay overnight at the hotels in Baibacun of Shegar Town. Pelbar or Baibacun is the township under the jurisdiction of Shelkar Town in Tingri County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Baibacun ( Baiba Village, Pelbar) has an only commercial street \uff08 Highway G318\uff09<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pelbar or Baibacun is about 7km east of the center of Shegar Town. Baiba Township is about 14km away from the fork at the National Highway 318 leading to the special mountain road (100km) to Mt.Everest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gangkar Town (Old Tingri)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gangkar Town (\u5c97\u560e\u9547\uff09 is also known as Gangga Town (Old Tingri) due to the fact that it used to be the seat of Tingri County. In 1968, the local government of Tingri was moved to the present Shegar Town. But people sometime still call Gangkar Town ( Gangga Town ) the \u201cOld Tingri\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are driving through Gangga Town ( Old Tingri)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Gangkar Town is about 60km southwest of Shegar Town (Baiba Township). From Gangkar Town, travelers can have a short cut to Mt.Everest, about 70km starting the National Highway 318 to the base of Mt.Everest. The mountain road is worse than the road starting from Shegar (Baiba Township). If you enter Tibet from Zhangmu Fort, you may explore Mt.Everest from Old Tingri ( Gangkar Town ) by using a jeep. It is impossible to take a bus from Gangkar Town to Mt.Everest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the two towns, Tingri County also administrates 19 townships including Zha Xiang, Zhaxizong Xiang, Zhaguo Xiang, Yunqiong Xiang, Basong Xiang, Dongba Xiang, Changsuo Xiang, Baiba Xiang, Jiacuo Xiang, Nixia Xiang, Qudang Xiang, Quluo Xiang, Kema Xiang, Lamudui Xiang, Nanguo Xiang, Pengji Xiang, Rongxia Xiang, Cuoguo Xiang and Wengga Xiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassle-free Lhasa & Tibet Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Lhasa and Tibet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Tibet Travel<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Group Tour<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Private Tour<\/a>
Beijing Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Lhasa China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shigatse Lhatse Tingri Road Trip<\/a>
<\/a>Drive from Tingri to Mt.Everest Base Camp<\/a>
Gangkar Town (Gangga), Tingri County (Tips, Photos & Maps)<\/a>
Tingri County \uff08Tips, Photos & Maps\uff09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Time to Visit Lhasa<\/a>
Top 10 Attractions in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Tourist Traps, Tourist Scams Lhasa<\/a>
Where to stay in Lhasa<\/a>
Makye Ame Lhasa Restaurant \u2013 Your Kitchen in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Airport, Lhasa Gonggar Airport<\/a>
Xian Lhasa Flight Experience, Xian Lhasa Flight<\/a>
Lhasa Railway Station Transportation, Taxi, Public Bus<\/a>
Get around in Lhasa with Pedicab or Trishaw<\/a>
lhasa Taxi<\/a>
Best Places to Take Picture of Potala Palace Lhasa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-Wheel Drive Trip from Lhasa to Ranwu<\/a>
Tips for Visiting Drak Yerpa (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
The Pilgrim Kora in Lhasa, Lhasa Pilgrim circuits<\/a>
How to Visit Sera Monastery in Lhasa<\/a>
Beijing Road in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa River in the City of Lhasa (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
Lhasa Great Mosque, the Mosques in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Yamdrok-Tso Lake Road Trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qushui Bridge in Qushui County, Tibet (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
Nagarz\u00ea County and Scenic Road Trip to Gyantse<\/a>
Gyantse County and Road Trip to Shigatse<\/a>
Shigatse Trip (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your trip to Mt.Everest in Tibet? Then Tingri County ( \u5b9a\u65e5\u53bf ) is the last place to get youself refreshed before you are on your challenging expedition to the north base camp of Mt.Everest. Having some basic information on Tingri County is very important for your successful trip to Mt.Everest. See the Google Tingri…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1382],"tags":[1404,1405,1402,1403,3931,1406,1400,1401,3929,3930],"class_list":["post-6098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tingri-travel","tag-ganggar","tag-ganggar-town","tag-gangkar","tag-gangkar-town","tag-new-tingri","tag-old-tingri","tag-shegar","tag-shegar-town","tag-xegar","tag-xegar-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27258,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions\/27258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}