Sertar is also called “Seda” in Chinese pinyin. Its geography coordinates is Latitude 31 ° 38′-33 ° 20 ‘, longitude 98 ° 48′-101 ° 00’. Located in the Northwest of Kham. Neighboring Zamtang county in its east; north to Banma and Dari county of Amdo; in its south and west are separately Luhuo county and Garze (Kanze) county It administration area is about 9,338 square kilometers, by the end of 2011, the population of this county is more than 45,600 people, among of them, more than 80% is Tibetan. The others include Chinese Han people, Miao people, Hui people, Mogonlian people…etc; “Setar” means “The Golden Horse”, because a piece of horse shape gold was discovered in this region, therefore it also called “The Golden horse county”
The altitude of Sertar town is 3750 meters above sea level which 100 meters higher than Tibet’s capital town of Lhasa. The landmark of this township is one huge white Chorten that is erected at the entrance of this township. Stretching from its north, the road curved onto mountains entering the southern Amdo. Zamtang, another mysterious Tibetan town is some 120 km east from here. Sertar’s climate is a continental monsoon type, the annual average temperature – 0 degrees, the average temperature in January is – 11 degrees; In July, the average temperature is about 10 degrees; the lowest temperature reaches -37 degrees; The oxygen content is less than 60% of the standard;
Due to its isolated location, this place is very seldom visited, however, in recent years, Sertar gradually becomes a popular site because one well-known Larung Gar Buddhist Academy is located in a valley some 20 km southeast from this township
Recommended Sights
Sertar Major Event
Event Name : Golden Horse Festival
Event date : The 4th day on the 5th Month of Tibetan Calendar
Recommended hotels in Sertar County
Add: No. 26, Jin Ma East Road
Contact: +86 836 8528111
Add: No. 25, East Section, Jie Fa Road
Contact: +86 836 8528999
Add: No. 4, Tuan Jie North Road
Contact: +86 836 8527888
Add: No. 74, Bin He Road
Contact: +86 0 15828877158
How to get to there
The most popular way is to use vehicle overland to this town. There are two airports Kangding airport and Gesar airport that near this site, however, the distances are all over 300 kilometers
Sertar County Bus Station
Address: The east Section, Jie Fang Road
Phone: +86 836 8522115
Altitude: 3,880 meters
Working hours: 06:00 am – 17:30 pm
The appearance of Sertar Bus Station is kind of old, and it is not obviously easy to be found, it situated in the “old” yard across the street from Sertar Tourism Board
Distance from Sertar to
- To Barkham: 280 kilometers, about 5.5 hours drive
- To Kangding : 420 kilometers, about 8 hours drive
- To Garze (Kanze) : 150 kilometers, about 4 hours drive
- To Luohuo : 155 kilometers on paved road, about 3 hours drive
- To Chengdu : 620 kilometers, about 11 hours drive
