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Qamdo
昌都市
ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Prefecture-level city
Mekong River to the south of Chamdo Town
Mekong River to the south of Chamdo Town
Location of Qamdo Prefecture within China
Location of Qamdo Prefecture within China
Coordinates (Qamdo municipal government): 31°08′35″N 97°10′12″E / 31.143°N 97.170°E / 31.143; 97.170
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
County-level divisions
  • 1 district
  • 10 counties
Prefecture seatKarub District (Chengguan)
Area
 • Total110,154 km2 (42,531 sq mi)
Elevation
3,240 m (10,630 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total798,067
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • TotalCN¥ 27.9 billion
US$ 4.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 36,574
US$ 5,668
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XZ-03
Qamdo
"Qamdo" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese昌都
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆབ་མདོ།

Chamdo, officially Qamdo[2][3] (Tibetan: ཆབ་མདོ, Wylie: chab mdo, ZYPY: qamdo) and also known in Chinese as Changdu (Chinese: 昌都; pinyin: Chang Du),[4] is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.[5]

Chamdo is divided into 11 county-level divisions: one district and ten counties. The main district is Karuo District. Other counties include Jonda County, Gonjo County, Riwoche County, Dengqen County, Zhag'yab County, Baxoi County, Zognang County, Maarkam County, Lhorong County, and Banbar County.

  1. ^ "2021年昌都市国民经济和社会发展统计公报" (in Chinese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ 国家测绘局地名研究所 [National Surveying Bureau Place Names Research Institute] (1997). 中国地名录 [Gazetteer of China]. Beijing: SinoMaps Press. p. 27. ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
  3. ^ "New city to be established in China's Tibet". The State Council of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ Powers, John (2016). "Appendix B". The Buddha Party: How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199358151. PINYIN= Changdu Zhen
  5. ^ Buckley and Straus 1986, p. 215.

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