Chamdo

Chamdo, officially Qamdo (Tibetan: ཆབ་མདོ, Wylie: chab mdo, ZYPY: qamdo) and also known in Chinese as Changdu (Chinese: 昌都; pinyin: Chang Du), 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.

Qamdo
昌都市
ཆབ་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Mekong River to the south of Chamdo Town
prefecture (orange) in Tibet Autonomous Region (light-orange)
Coordinates (Qamdo municipal government): 31°08′35″N 97°10′12″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
County-level divisions
  • 1 district
  • 10 counties
Prefecture seatKarub District (Chengguan)
Area
  Total110,154 km2 (42,531 sq mi)
Elevation
3,240 m (10,630 ft)
Population
 (2019)
  Total798,067
  Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XZ-03
GDP (Nominal)2021
 - Total¥27.9 billion
$4.33 billion
 - Per Capita¥36,574
$5,668
 - Growth 7%
Qamdo
"Qamdo" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese昌都
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆབ་མདོ།

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.

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