Saaga

Saga county is located at an altitude of 4,640 metres in southern Tibet. Its seat is Saga Town, an army town with a Chinese garrison which patrols the whole length of the Sino-Nepal border.

Saga county is located at an altitude of 4,640 metres in southern Tibet. Its seat is Saga Town, an army town with a Chinese garrison which patrols the whole length of the Sino-Nepal border. Saga means "happy land" in Tibetan language. Saga straddles the Dargye Tsangpo river above its junction with the Brahmaputra River.

Saga is an important traffic hub for it is strategically located at the junction of three roads - the Lhatse road coming from the east, the Dzongka road from the south and the Purang and Drongpa roads from the west.

Saga is also a significant stop-off point for pilgrims and tourists on the way to visiting Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar because it is the last town on the southern route with supplies for travellers, having both a store and a restaurant and several guest houses and hotels.