Phari
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Pagri Phari |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | ཕག་རི |
| • Wylie transliteration | phag ri |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional | 帕里镇 |
| • Simplified | 帕里镇 |
| • Pinyin | Pàlǐ zhèn |
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 Pagri
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| Coordinates: 27°45′N 89°10′E / 27.750°N 89.167°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Shigatse Prefecture |
| County | Yadong |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 2,121 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
Pagri or Phari (Tibetan: ཕག་རི; Chinese: 帕里镇; pinyin: Pàlǐ Zhèn) is a town in Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, near the border with Bhutan. As of 2004[update] the town had a population of 2,121 . It is one of the highest towns in the world, being about 4,300 m (14,100 ft) above sea-level at the head of the Chumbi Valley.
Thomas Manning, the first Englishman to reach Lhasa, visited Pagri from 21 September until 5 November 1811 and had this to say about his room in the town: "Dirt, dirt, grease, smoke. Misery, but good mutton." Pagri was of some military importance in the early 20th century when it was occupied by the British Tibet Expedition under Francis Younghusband in 1904. The Pagri Fortress (Dzong) was located here and was important for the government as it stood between Tibet and Bhutan. Pagri was a staging area en route to Gyantse and ultimately Lhasa.
During the summer of 1912, the 13th Dalai Lama met Agvan Dorzhiev at Phari Dzong and then accompanied him to the Samding Monastery, before returning to Lhasa after his exile in India.
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