Zhangmu

Zhangmu Town འགྲམ།
Town
樟木镇
Zhangmu Town
Coordinates:
Country	China
Province	Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture	Shigatse Prefecture
County	Nyalam County
Time zone	CST (UTC+8)

Zhangmu (Tibetan: འགྲམ།, Wylie: 'gram, ZYPY: Zhamv THL: Dram; Chinese: 樟木; pinyin: Zhāngmù; Nepali: Khasa (खासा)), 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 2300 meters above sea level, Zhangmu has mild and humid subtropical climate, which is a rarity for Tibet.

Chinese trucks traveling on the Tibet-Nepal Friendship Highway offload goods at Zhangmu and transfer them to Nepalese trucks.

Transport

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. Tourists traveling between Nepal and the Tibet make substantial use of this crossing, and there is trans-border trade.

Gallery

• TIB-shangmu-stadt.jpg

  Zhangmu town

• Zhangmu Town, Tibet.jpg

  Zhangmu town

• TIB-shangmu-hauptstr.jpg

  Zhangmu main street, which is part of the Tibet-Nepal Highway (China National Highway 318).

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  The Tibet-Nepal Bridge below Zhangmu, which is the border crossing between Tibet and Nepal. To the right is the Zhangmu Port Control Point.

• The Friendship Bridge at the Tibet-Nepal border.jpg

  Gateway to China at the Tibet-Nepal Bridge below Zhangmu.

External links

• Zhangmu town tourist information