Rinchengang
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Rinchengang[1][2][lower-alpha 1] (Tibetan: རིན་ཆེན་སྒང, Wylie: rin chen sgang, THL: rin chen gang, ZYPY: Rinqêngang)[9] or Renqinggang[10][11] (Chinese: 仁青岗村; pinyin: Rén qīng gǎng cūn) is a town in the Chumbi Valley and the headquarters of the Xia Yadong Township of Yadong County, Tibet region of China. It is in the valley of Amo Chu where the route from Sikkim's Jelep La pass meets Amo Chu. It is also close to the Bhutan–China border (Doklam area), which is currently in dispute. In December 2018, Rinchengang village had a population of around 550 people.[12] The inhabitants are engaged in animal grazing or work as forest rangers. Some also carry supplies to Chinese border troops.[12]
Rinchengang
རིན་ཆེན་སྒང | |
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Town | |
仁青岗村 Rén qīng gǎng cūn | |
Coordinates: 27.43°N 88.928°E / 27.43; 88.928 | |
Country | China |
County | Yadong |
In 2003, the governments of India and China agreed to use Rinchengang as a border trade mart, along with Changgu in Sikkim.[13][11] It is also the corresponding trade mart for Sherathang.[14]