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Feature Type:
Township (without urban registered population)
  • བིས་མདོ། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • 文都 (Tibetan, Simplified Chinese Characters, Tibetan-to-Chinese Transcription)
      • Wendu (Tibetan, Latin script, Pinyin Transcription)
    • Bindo (Tibetan, Latin script, THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
    • bis mdo (Tibetan, Tibetan script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • Wendu (Tibetan, Latin script, Amdo Transcription)
Etymology for བིས་མདོ།:

Literally “knee-conjunction.” It is called བིས་མདོ་ because 1) it is located at the conjunction of three valleys and 2) there is hill at the conjunction of the three valleys that looks like a knee.

Place ID: F15470