Chamdo
Chamdo, officially Qamdo (Tibetan: ཆབ་མདོ, Wylie: chab mdo, ZYPY: qamdo) and also known in Chinese as Changdu (Chinese: 昌都; pinyin: Chang Du), 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.
Qamdo
昌都市 ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། | |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Mekong River to the south of Chamdo Town | |
Location of Qamdo Prefecture within China | |
| Coordinates (Qamdo municipal government): 31°08′35″N 97°10′12″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
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| Prefecture seat | Karub District (Chengguan) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110,154 km2 (42,531 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,240 m (10,630 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 798,067 |
| • Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 27.9 billion US$ 4.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 36,574 US$ 5,668 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XZ-03 |
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"Qamdo" in Chinese characters | |||||||
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| Chinese | 昌都 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཆབ་མདོ། | ||||||
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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.
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