Xiangdui Town

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| name =Xiangdui Town

| native_name = {{lang|zh-Hans-CN|香堆}} ({{Transliteration|zh|Xiangdui}})
{{lang|bo|བྱངས་མདུན}} ({{Transliteration|bo|byangs mdun}})

| settlement_type = Town

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| pushpin_map = China Tibet

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tibet

| coordinates = {{coord|30|35|N|97|58|E|region:CN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = China

| subdivision_type1 = Province-level autonomous region

| subdivision_name1 = Tibet Autonomous Region

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture

| subdivision_name2 = Chamdo

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Zhag'yab

| unit_pref = Metric

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| population_total = 8000

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Xiangdui Town, known in Tibetan as Qamdün, ({{langx|bo|བྱངས་མདུན}}', {{Transliteration|bo|byangs mdun}}; {{lang-zh|s=香堆镇|p=Xiāngduī zhèn|l=Incense Heap Town}}) is a town of about 8,000[http://www.tibetol.cn/html/2013/cd_0812/1220.html Xiangdui Town] (in Chinese) people in the Zhag'yab County of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is home to a Gelug monastery[https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=G1KR1213 TBRC] as well as to a specific "blue mask" variety of Tibetan Opera.[http://www.ganzixinwen.com/wh/kzms/gwzx/n5422.html "Incense Heap Tibetan Opera"] (in Chinese) The Renda Cliff archaeological site[http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIwNTA4MjgyNA==&mid=2652817874&idx=1&sn=7271b2956a139092d55d2d25a1c26bd4&chksm=8cdc3075bbabb96323a1b31aa76443c933af07e79965edb2c9e2d3a96f272465262104e5724a&3rd=MzA3MDU4NTYzMw==&scene=6#rd 唐蕃古道上的仁达摩崖石刻: Detailed description of the archaeological site with historical notes and pictures] (in Chinese and Tibetan) is situated in the vicinity of Wangbu village ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|旺布村}}) about {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} north of Qamdün.

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