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.Buckley and Straus 1986, p. 215.
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.
History Wang Qimei and Zhang Guohua led 40,000 People's Liberation Army soldiers in an attack against the 8,000 soldiers of the Tibetan Army defending Chamdo on 7 October 1950. Over 5,700 Tibetans died after fighting 21 battles by 19 October, and Provincial Governor Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme was captured. The fall of Chamdo resulted in the Tibetan government submitting to China's demands.
On 11 July 2014 Chamdo Prefecture was upgraded into a prefecture-level city.
Languages Languages spoken in Chamdo include Khams Tibetan and the Chamdo languages of Lamo, Larong, and Drag-yab.
Transportation From 1951 to 1954, the Chinese army constructed a 2,300 kilometre long highway from Ya'an to Lhasa that went through Chamdo.
Subdivisions
The city is subdivided into 11 county-level divisions: 1 district and 10 counties.
Map Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Population Area (km2) Density (/km2)Karuo DistrictKǎruò Qūmkhar ro chus116,50010,79410.79Jomda CountyJiāngdá Xiàn'jo mda' rdzong76,02613,1645.77Gonjo CountyGòngjué Xiàngo 'jo rdzong40,4346,3236.39Riwoqê CountyLèiwūqí Xiànri bo che rdzong49,8706,3557.84Dêngqên CountyDīngqīng Xiànsteng chen rdzong69,88812,4085.63Zhag'yab CountyCháyǎ Xiànbrag g-yab rdzong56,7898,2516.88Baxoi CountyBāsù Xiàndpa' shod rdzong39,02112,3363.16Zogang CountyZuǒgòng Xiànmdzo sgang rdzong44,32011,837 3.74Markam CountyMángkāng Xiànsmar khams rdzong81,39911,5767.03Lhorong CountyLuòlóng Xiànlho rong rdzong47,4918,0485.90Banbar CountyBiānbà Xiàndpal 'bar rdzong35,7678,7744.07
Climate Chamdo has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwb) in the Karub District and an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen: Dwc) in other counties.
See also List of towns in Tibet by elevation
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