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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Tagong
|translit_lang1 = [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]
|translit_lang1_type = [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]
|translit_lang1_info = ལྷ་སྒང་
|translit_lang1_type1 = [[Wylie transliteration]]
|translit_lang1_info1 = lha sgang
|translit_lang2 = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
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|translit_lang2_type = [[Traditional Chinese character|Traditional]]
|translit_lang2_type1 = [[Simplified Chinese character|Simplified]]
|translit_lang2_type2 = [[Pinyin]]
|other_name = Lhagang
|pushpin_map = China Sichuan
|settlement_type = Township
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[China]]
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = [[Sichuan]]
|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
|subdivision_name2 = [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]]
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = [[Kangding County]]
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'''Tagong''' ({{zh|c=塔公}}), also known as '''Lhagang''' ({{bo|t=ལྷ་སྒང་}}) is a small town in [[Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]] of western [[Sichuan]] in southwestern China. It is located in the historical [[Kham]] region of eastern [[Tibet]].
[[File:Tagong22.jpg|thumb|left|Tagong.]]
[[File:Tagong14.jpg|thumb|left|Tagong Monastery.]]
==Tagong Monastery==
It is the location of Tagong Monastery — a [[gompa]] and one of the most important in the area, in Tibetan ''Pel Lhagong''. It was established with reference to a nearby sacred mountain, Mt. Yala or ''Zhara Lhaste'', {{convert|5820|m|ft}} in elevation.
==Tagong Grassland==
Tagong Grassland has an area of 712.37 square kilometres and located at 3900m in elevation.
[[File:Tagong monastery.jpg|thumb|left|The Tagong monastery in August 2022]]
[[File:Tagong monastery 2022.jpg|thumb|A monk receives donations from a visitor and writes blessings for her loved ones]]
==See also==
*[[Tibetan Buddhism]]
* {{commonscat inline|Tagong Monastery|'''Tagong Monastery'''}}
== References ==
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{{Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture}}
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[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Sichuan]]
[[Category:Kham]]
[[Category:Kangding]]
[[Category:Towns in Sichuan]]
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