Dêrong County

Dêrong County (Tibetan: སྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 得荣县) is a county in the southwest of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the east, south, and west. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Dêrong County
得荣县སྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།
Derong
A bend on the Jinsha River in Dêrong County on the border between Sichuan and Yunan.
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
Dêrong
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Dêrong
Dêrong (China)
Coordinates: 28°44′N 99°17′E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatWaka
Area
  Total2,916 km2 (1,126 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total24,748
  Density8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.gzdr.gov.cn
Dêrong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese得荣县
Traditional Chinese得榮縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།
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