Wenquan, Tibet

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Wenquan is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, just north of the Tanggula Pass and holds the record for being the highest town in the world at 5,100 m (16,732 ft). It was built by the Chinese in 1955.[1]

Population within a 7 km radius is about 546.


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  1. ^ Buckley,Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, pp. 219, 230. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908066-88-1.

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Coordinates: 35°23′N, 99°22′E


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