Zhangmu
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Zhangmu Town འགྲམ། |
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| 樟木镇 | |
 Zhangmu Town
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| Coordinates: 27°59′24″N 85°58′48″E / 27.99000°N 85.98000°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Shigatse Prefecture |
| County | Nyalam County |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
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| Chinese | 樟木 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | neighbor in Tibetan | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | འགྲམ། | ||||||||
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| Nepali name | |||||||||
| Nepali | खासा (Khasa) | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāngmù |
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| Wylie | 'gram |
| THDL | Dram |
| Tibetan Pinyin | Zhamv |
Zhangmu (also from Tibetan as Dram or Zham, from Nepali as Khasa) is a customs town and port of entry located in Nyalam County on the Nepal-Tibet border, just uphill and across the Bhote Koshi River from the Nepalese town of Kodari. At 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) above sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet.
In ancient times, Kodari, the Nepalese village on the other side, was the starting point of a trans-Himalayan caravan route. Newar traders headed north from Kodari and after crossing Kuti pass turned east to continue their journey across the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa.
The construction of the 115 kilometres (71 mi) Kathmandu-Kodari Road during the 1963-67 period. It was named China National Highway 318 in China and Araniko Highway in Nepal.
China started building a railway in 2008 connecting Lhasa with Zhangmu on the Nepal-China border. It is an extension of the 1,956 kilometres (1,215 mi) Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
In 2012, China signed agreement with Nepal to make this one of six ports of entries between Nepal and China.
Zhangmu was evacuated after being damaged by the 2015 earthquakes, which also closed the route between Nepal and China (TAS region). By 2016, it was still a ghost town and trading had not returned to previous level. As of mid-2016, the crossing is still closed.
Zhangmu is just north of and above the Friendship Bridge border crossing where China National Highway 318 becomes Araniko Highway and immediately passes Kodari village in Sindhupalchok District, Bagmati Zone en route to Kathmandu. Before the earthquake, tourists traveling between Nepal and the Tibet make substantial use of this crossing, and there was also substantial trans-border trade.
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