with the Gartang River.

Name

This modern Chinese-built town is named after the Sengge Zangbo river, the main headwater of the Indus River, on whose banks it is located. It is called "Sengge Zangbo" or "Sengge Khabab" in Tibetan and "Shiquanhe" in Chinese.

Being the headquarters of Ngari Prefecture (which is known in Chinese under the Sinicized form of its name,

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