Qamdo Prefecture
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Qamdo 昌都市 • ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། |
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 prefecture (orange) in Tibet (light-orange) |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture seat | Karub District (Chengguan) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110,154 km2 (42,531 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,240 m (10,630 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 657,505 |
| • Density | 6.0/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Chinese | 昌都 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང | ||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chāngdū |
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| Wylie | chab mdo |
| Tibetan Pinyin | Qamdo |
Chamdo, officially Qamdo, and known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karub District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.
On 11 July 2014 Chamdo Prefecture was upgraded into a prefecture-level city.
Qamdo Bamda Airport, opened in 1994, is located 126 kilometres (78 miles) from Chengguan Town in Karub District.
China National Highway 214 and China National Highway 317 are the main roads in and out of Chamdo.
The city is subdivided into 11 county-level divisions: 1 district and 10 counties
Chamdo has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) in Karub District and a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) or alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc)in other county
Coordinates: 31°10′N 97°14′E / 31.167°N 97.233°E
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