Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Diqing Prefecture 迪庆州 · བདེ་ཆེན་ཁུལ། |
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迪庆藏族自治州 · བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
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Snowy mountains (probably 'white-horse mountain') in Diqing Autonomous Prefecture
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 Location of Diqing Prefecture in Yunnan |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture seat | Shangri-La City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,870 km2 (9,220 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 353,518 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 674400 |
| Area code(s) | 0887 |
| Website | http://www.diqing.gov.cn/ |
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Coordinates: 27°50′N 99°36′E / 27.833°N 99.600°E
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 迪庆藏族自治州; traditional Chinese: 迪慶藏族自治州; pinyin: Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul) is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. It has an area of 23,870 km2 (9,220 sq mi). Its capital, which is also the largest city in the prefecture, is Shangri-La City.
This prefecture of Yunnan Province is bordered on the northeast by Sichuan Province, and on the northwest by the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Southwest and southeast of Diqing Prefecture are other parts of Yunnan Province: Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang respectively.
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