Daocheng County
Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan (Tibetan: འདབ་པ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 稻城县) is a county of western Sichuan Province, China, located in the eastern Hengduan Mountains. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. Its latitude ranges from 27° 58' to 29° 30' N and longitude 99° 56' to 100° 36', and reaches 174 kilometres (108 mi) in north–south extent and 63 km (39 mi) in east–west width, with elevations ranging from 2,000 to 6,032 m (6,562 to 19,790 ft).
Daocheng County
稻城县 · འདབ་པ་རྫོང་། Dapba, Dabba, Daoba | |
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White Pagoda in Daocheng County | |
Daocheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
Daocheng Location of the seat in Sichuan Daocheng Daocheng (China) | |
| Coordinates (Daocheng government): 29°02′16″N 100°17′51″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| County seat | Jingzhoi (Jinzhu) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,323 km2 (2,827 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,753 m (12,313 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 32,916 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 稻城县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 稻城縣 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 稻坝 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 稻壩 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | འདབ་པ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Daocheng Yading Airport, the world's highest airport, is located in Daocheng County.
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