Qamdo Prefecture
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Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....
, containing the town of Qamdo
Qamdo
Qamdo , Chamdo , 昌都 can refer to:* Chamdo, a town in Tibet* Qamdo Region, a former administrative region in western Kham, Tibet - see Qamdo Prefecture...
. The capital of the prefecture is Qamdo County
Qamdo County
Qamdo County, also Chamdo County, Changdu County is a county in Tibet Autonomous Region, and the seat of government of Qamdo Prefecture. Qamdo county has an area of 10,700 km² and a population of 78,000, of which 90% are Tibetan. The average temperature is 7.6°C, with average temperatures of...
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Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 11 county-level divisions: 11 counties| Map | ||||||||
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Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Qamdo County Qamdo County Qamdo County, also Chamdo County, Changdu County is a county in Tibet Autonomous Region, and the seat of government of Qamdo Prefecture. Qamdo county has an area of 10,700 km² and a population of 78,000, of which 90% are Tibetan. The average temperature is 7.6°C, with average temperatures of... |
昌都县 | Chāngdū Xiàn | ཆབ་མདོ་རྫོང་ | chab mdo rdzong | 100,000 | 10,794 | 9 |
| 2 | Jomdo County Jomdo County Jomda County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Towns and villages:*Banggaidoi... |
江达县 | Jiāngdá Xiàn | འཇོ་མདའ་རྫོང་ | 'jo mda' rdzong | 70,000 | 13,164 | 5 |
| 3 | Gonjo County Gonjo County Gonjo County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,... |
贡觉县 | Gòngjué Xiàn | གོ་འཇོ་རྫོང་ | go 'jo rdzong | 40,000 | 6,323 | 6 |
| 4 | Riwoqê County Riwoqê County Riwoqê County, or Riwoche is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.... |
类乌齐县 | Lèiwūqí Xiàn | རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་ | ri bo che rdzong | 40,000 | 6,355 | 6 |
| 5 | Dêngqên County Dêngqên County Dêngqên County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,-Transport:*China National Highway 317... |
丁青县 | Dīngqīng Xiàn | སྟེང་ཆེན་རྫོང་ | steng chen rdzong | 60,000 | 12,408 | 5 |
| 6 | Zhag'yab County Zhag'yab County Zhag'yab County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,... |
察雅县 | Cháyǎ Xiàn | བྲག་གཡབ་རྫོང་ | brag g-yab rdzong | 50,000 | 8,251 | 6 |
| 7 | Baxoi County Baxoi County Baxoi County, occasionally transliterated from Tibetan as Pashoe County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,... |
八宿县 | Bāsù Xiàn | དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་ | dpa' shod rdzong | 40,000 | 12,336 | 3 |
| 8 | Zogang County Zogang County Zogong County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,- Transportation :*China National Highway 214*China National Highway 318... |
左贡县 | Zuǒgòng Xiàn | མཛོ་སྒང་རྫོང་ | mdzo sgang rdzong | 40,000 | 11,837 | 3 |
| 9 | Markam County Markam County Markham County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.- Transportation :* China National Highway 214* China National Highway 318... |
芒康县 | Mángkāng Xiàn | སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་ | smar khams rdzong | 70,000 | 11,576 | 6 |
| 10 | Lhorong County Lhorong County Lhorong County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region... |
洛隆县 | Luòlóng Xiàn | ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་ | lho rong rdzong | 40,000 | 8,048 | 5 |
| 11 | Banbar County Banbar County Banbar County, is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region,The seat is the town of Banbar Town.-Villages:*Coka*Domartang... |
边坝县 | Biānbà Xiàn | དཔལ་འབར་རྫོང་ | dpal 'bar rdzong | 30,000 | 8,774 | 3 |
The prefecture is served by Qamdo Bangda Airport
Qamdo Bangda Airport
Qamdo Bamda Airport , also known as Bangda Airport, located in Bangda, Qamdo, Tibet, is the highest airport in the world, at an elevation of . Runway 14/32 is the longest publicly used runway in the world, at ....
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External links
- www.changdu.gov.cn (Official Web-site)