-
Regional map with Romanized Tibetan names
-
Sha-de area,
including Minyak Konka trekking map
-
Derge County
-
Derge Town
-
Garze (Ganzi) Map, with Rongbatsa and
Manigango
-
Sketch map of major approach highways
-
Kangding
and trekking routes west
-
Yading
Reserve, with the mountains Chenresig, Jambeyang, and Chanadorje
-
Yalong
River valley in southern Yajiang County (earthquake area)
-
Xiangcheng/Chatreng
County, showing Bamu Lake trekking route
-
Another
Gongga Shan / Minya Konka area with Chinese names included
Other maps of
Tibet are being
compiled by the Tibet
Map Institute.
NOTES
Tibetans were
not avid geographers, and Lhasa issued no
authoritative maps showing the boundaries of Kham that we are
aware of. Now, of course, boundaries have been clearly demarked
for provinces, prefectures, counties, and townships, but there is
no unique geographic entity that corresponds to the old Tibetan
province of Kham, which is composed of pieces of eastern Tibet
Autonomous Region, western Sichuan, southeast Qinghai, and
northwest Yunnan. Many places in Yunnan and Tibet Autonomous
Region have been omitted, not because they are unimportant, but
because Kham Aid Foundation does not (yet) have activities there.
Place-names on
the map above are commonly-used among the
international community; in most cases they are Pinyin (a
standard system for Romanizing Mandarin Chinese); in some cases
they are a hybrid of the Chinese and Tibetan. With so many
languages and dialects used in Kham, there is no one
"right" way to spell names in English, or even a unique
"right" way to pronounce them. This difficulty applies
to everything from rivers, mountains, and monasteries, to
personal names.
Some
equivalents are given in the table below:
| Pinyin |
Common
spelling(s)
of Tibetan name |
Transliteration
of
Tibetan writing |
Other
names |
| Kangding |
Dartsendo,
Dardo |
Dar rTse
mDo, Dar mDo |
Ta-tsien-lu,
Minyak, Chakla, Lucheng |
| Dege |
Derge |
sDe dGe |
Gonchen,
Gengqing |
| Luhuo |
Trango,
Drango |
Prag 'Go |
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| Yajiang |
Nyachuka |
Nyag
Chhu Ga |
|
| Xinlong |
Nyarong |
Nyag Rong |
|
| Baiyu |
Pelyul |
dPal Yul |
|
| Xiangcheng |
Chetren,
Chaktreng |
Phyag
Phreng |
|
| Changdu |
Chamdo |
Chhab mDo |
|
| Yushu |
Jyekundo |
sKye dGu
mDo |
|
| Shiqu |
Serxu,
Sershul |
Ser Shul |
|
| Jiangda |
Jomda |
'Jo mda' |
|
| Ganzi |
Garze,
Kandze |
dKar
mDzes |
|
| Daofu |
Dawu,
Tawu |
rTau |
|
| Jiulong |
Gyezil |
brGyad
Dzil |
|
| Batang |
Batang |
'Ba'
Thang |
Bah |
| Litang |
Litang |
Li thang |
|
| Tagong |
Lhagang |
Lha Gang |
|
| Qiao'er
Shan |
Tro La |
|
Cho La |
| Gongga
Shan |
Minya
Konka |
|
|
| Xiang ge li la |
Gyeltang |
eGyal
thang |
Shangrila,
Gyeltangteng, Zhongdian |
| Danba |
Rongtrak |
Rong Brag |
|
| Jinsha
Jiang |
Dri Chu |
|
upper
Yangtze River |
