Chamdo
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Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also 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 Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.
Key facts
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- Qamdo
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Chamdo Mekong.png
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- Mekong River to the south of Chamdo Town
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- Location of Qamdo Prefecture within Xizang (China).png
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- Location of Qamdo Prefecture within China
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- Qamdo municipal government
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Autonomous region
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- Tibet
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- County-level divisions
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- Prefecture seat
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 110154
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 3240
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
- 798,067
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
昌都市人民政府
changdu.gov.cn →Link to the official site · 13,284 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Languages
- Transportation
- Subdivisions
- Climate
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Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also 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 Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chamdo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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