Günsa
Günsa
昆沙乡 | |
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| Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 80°03′37″E / 32.1141°N 80.0604°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Ngari |
| County | Gar |
| Elevation | 4,270 m (14,010 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,718 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Gar Günsa (Tibetan: སྒར་དགུན་ས, Wylie: sgar dgun sa), Günsa (Tibetan: དགུན་ས) or Kunsa, (simplified Chinese: 昆沙乡; traditional Chinese: 昆沙鄉; pinyin: Kūnshā Xiāng) is a township consisting of three administrative villages in Gar County in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, viz., Sogmai (སོག་སྨད) and Gar Chongsar (སྒར་གྲོང་གསར) and Namru (གནམ་རུ) The modern Ngari Gunsa Airport is within the township.
Gar Günsa is situated on the bank of the Gartang River, one of the headwaters of the Indus River, at the base of the Kailash Range, at an elevation of 4,270 metres (14,010 ft). Gar Günsa, along with its sister encampment Gar Yarsa used to be the administrative headquarters for Western Tibet (Ngari). The headquarters was moved to Shiquanhe in 1965.