Qamdo Prefecture
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Qamdo Prefecture is a subnational entity in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region
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
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# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan
Tibetan language
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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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