Sanjen Valley

Sanjen Valley
Sanjen Valley
Sangqên
	from left: Mārphulā Ḍā̃ḍā, Ganesh V, Yangra Kangri.
Highest point
Elevation	4,039 m (13,251 ft)
Coordinates	28°20′18″N 85°12′27″E / 28.33833°N 85.20750°E
Geography
	Sanjen Valley Location in Nepal on the border with China
Location	China–Nepal border
Parent range	Ganesh Himal, Himalaya

Sanjen Valley (Sangqên) lies below the Ganesh himal which is located about 70 km north-northwest of Kathmandu. It lies between the Rasuwa district of Nepal and the Gyirong County of China,^[1] We can see the Sanjen glacier, grassland, and amazing view of Yangra^[2] (Ganesh I) mountain from this valley.

History

The Sanjen Valley has been used by nomadic Tibetan people for thousands of years. People in this region use this land as a pasture land and have adopted a nomadic style of life for countless centuries, deeply connected with the natural environment and their surroundings. Their main source of food is yaks and other livestock, and they travel over the vast grasslands in seasonal migrations.^{[citation needed]}

There is not any human settlement to this day and has only goat and yak sheds for seasonal use.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

Chan, Victor (1994), Tibet Handbook, Moon Publications – via archive.org
Roberts, Peter Alan (2007). The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-98912-5.

^ Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006
^ "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[1] Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006

[2] "日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xigazê. 2021-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

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