Burang Town
| Burang तकलाकोट | |
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| Town | |
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང་ |
| • Wylie transliteration | spu hreng rdzong |
| • IPA | puʂeŋ |
| • official transcription (PRC) | Burang |
| • other transcriptions | Purang |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional | 普蘭鎮 |
| • Simplified | 普兰镇 |
| • Pinyin | Pǔlán Zhèn |
 Burang तकलाकोट
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| Coordinates: 30°17′39″N 81°10′34″E / 30.29417°N 81.17611°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Ngari Prefecture |
| County | Burang County |
| Elevation | 4,755 m (13,205 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | |
| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | +8 |
Burang, known as Purang in Tibetan, is the administrative center of Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (China). The town lies at 4,755 metres (13,205 feet) altitude in the valley of the Karnali River. To the south are Gurla Mandhata (Mount Namonanyi) and the Abi Gamin ranges. Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash are to the north. This region is the mythological and actual river nexus of the Himalaya with sources of the Indus, Ganges and Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra all within 110 kilometres (70 mi) of Burang.
The Tibetan name of the town (spu hreng) is a corruption of the Zhang-zhung words pu hrang, meaning 'horse head'. Nepalese and Indians call the town Taklakot (Nepali: तकलाकोट, takalākoț, from Tibetan 'Takla Khar').
Karnali River's Peacock Mouth source is glaciers on the northern slopes of the Himalaya 50 kilometres (30 mi) NW of Burang. The Lion Mouth source of the Indus is 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Mount Kailash and the Elephant Mouth source of the Sutlej is lakes Manasarovar and Rakshastal. The Horse Mouth source of the Yarlung Tsanpo (Brahmaputra) is about 90 km. (55 mi.) SE of Lake Manasarovar.
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