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Cawarong or Tsawarong (Tibetan: ཚ་བ་རོང་།, Wylie: tsha ba rong, ZYPY: Cawarong; Chinese: 察瓦龙; pinyin: Cháwǎlóng) is a township in Zayü County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1] It lies at an altitude of 2,003 metres (6,574 feet). Formerly known as Tsarung, it was traditionally a southern gateway and trade route into Tibet from Yunnan, forming part of the tea-horse road (茶马古道 Chá-Mǎ Gǔdào). It is a very arid area with little rainfall. An unsealed road cut into the cliffs above the Nu River links it to Bingzhongluo in Yunnan. Cawarong is a major step on the Khora of the Khawa Karpo.

Cawarong ཚ་བ་རོང་། Tsawarong
Town
Cawarong
Coordinates: 28°28′30″N 98°28′00″E
Country	China
Province	Tibet
Prefecture	Nyingchi
County	Zayü
Area
• Total	4,616.94 km2 (1,782.61 sq mi)
Elevation	2,003 m (6,572 ft)
Population  (2004)
• Total	6,788
Time zone	UTC+8
Area code(s)	+86

Government

Its Chinese zoning code is 542626202.

Subdivisions

The town comprises 28 villages: Hongdong Village, Zharan Village, Gangzang Village, Zuobu Village, Qianzhongwa Village, Kangran Village, Songta Village, Abing Village, Zhan Village, Changxi Village, and Chuni Village , Kadi Village, Gerri Village, Laka Village, Buba Village, Babu Village, Gongka Village, Guoda Village, Muba Village, Mengzha Village, Shabu Village, LP Village, Zalang Village, Deng Xu Village , Xueba Village, Zhula Village, Wabu Village, and Gebu Village.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Tibet

Notes

External links and references

• Photoblog of Chawalong visit

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