Gaocheng, Sichuan

Litang Town (also Lithang, Tibetan: ལི་ཐང།, Wylie: li thang; Chinese: 高城镇; pinyin: Gāochéng Zhèn;) is the administrative centre of Litang County in the southwest of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province of China. Litang Town is located at an altitude of 4,014 metres (13,169 ft) among open grasslands and surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Its actual altitude is about 400 metres higher than Lhasa, making it one of the highest towns in the world. The town itself is centred just to the south of the Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling or Litang Chöde Monastery.

Gaocheng, Sichuan

Litang Town (also Lithang, Tibetan: ལི་ཐང།, Wylie: li thang; Chinese: 高城镇; pinyin: Gāochéng Zhèn;) is the administrative centre of Litang County in the southwest of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province of China. Litang Town is located at an altitude of 4,014 metres (13,169 ft) among open grasslands and surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Its actual altitude is about 400 metres higher than Lhasa, making it one of the highest towns in the world. The town itself is centred just to the south of the Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling or Litang Chöde Monastery.