Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Simplified Chinese | 迪庆藏族自治州 |
| • Hanyu pinyin | Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan script | བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ |
| • Tibetan pinyin | Dêqên Pörig Ranggyong Kü |
Snow-capped mountains in Diqing Prefecture | |
| Etymology: From Tibetan བདེ་ཆེན (dêqên), meaning "auspicious place" | |
Location of Diqing Prefecture in Yunnan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture seat | Shangri-La |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous prefecture |
| • CCP Secretary | Gu Kun |
| • Congress Chairman | Gu Kun |
| • Governor | Qi Jianxin |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Du Yongchun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,185.59 km2 (8,952.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 400,182 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 30.3 billion US$ 4.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 77,785 US$ 11,473 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 674400 |
| Area code | 0887 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-34 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 迪庆藏族自治州 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 迪慶藏族自治州 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ | ||||||
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Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. Covering an area of 23,870 km2 (9,220 sq mi), it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the northwest, Sichuan province to the northeast, and other parts of Yunnan province to the southwest and southeast; Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Shangri-La.
Diqing Prefecture is divided into three county-level divisions: Shangri-La, Deqin County, and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County. They were all formerly under the administration of Lijiang (located southeast of this prefecture). Diqing Prefecture was established in 1957 and named by its first governor.
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