Derge

Derge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge), officially Gengqing Town (Tibetan: དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: dgon chen kren; Chinese: 更庆镇; pinyin: Gēngqìng Zhèn), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.

Derge
更庆镇
Gengqing Town
View of Derge from above
Derge
Derge
Coordinates: 31°48′29″N 98°34′43″E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
PrefectureGarzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
CountyDêgê County
Area
  Total431.6 km2 (166.6 sq mi)
Elevation
3,260 m (10,700 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total10,221
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
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