Shigatze, or DIGARCHI, a town of Tibet, stands on the right bank of the Sanpo or Brahmaputra, 140 miles W. by S. of Lhasa, at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Near by is the great monastery (3500 monks) of the Tashilunpo, the residence of one of the Tibetan incarnations of Buddha. Pop. of Shigatze, 9000.
Shigatze
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 398
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