Chamdo

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Chamdo, officially Qamdo

() and also known in Chinese as Changdu (),

(2025). 9780199358151, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199358151

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.

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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 Tibeatan government submitting to China's demands.

On 11 July 2014 Chamdo Prefecture was upgraded into a prefecture-level city.

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Languages Languages spoken in Chamdo include Khams Tibetan and the Chamdo languages of Lamo language, Larong language, and Drag-yab.

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Transportation From 1951 to 1954, the Chinese army constructed a 2,300 kilometre long highway from Ya'an to Lhasa that went through Chamdo.

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Subdivisions The city is subdivided into 11 county-level divisions: 1 district and 10 counties.

Karuo District	卡若区	Kǎruò Qū		mkhar ro chus	116,500	10,794	10.79
Jomda County	江达县	Jiāngdá Xiàn		'jo mda' rdzong	76,026	13,164	5.77
Gonjo County	贡觉县	Gòngjué Xiàn		go 'jo rdzong	40,434	6,323	6.39
Riwoqê County	类乌齐县	Lèiwūqí Xiàn		ri bo che rdzong	49,870	6,355	7.84
Dêngqên County	丁青县	Dīngqīng Xiàn		steng chen rdzong	69,888	12,408	5.63
Zhag'yab County	察雅县	Cháyǎ Xiàn		brag g-yab rdzong	56,789	8,251	6.88
Baxoi County	八宿县	Bāsù Xiàn		dpa' shod rdzong	39,021	12,336	3.16
Zogang County	左贡县	Zuǒgòng Xiàn		mdzo sgang rdzong	44,320	11,837	3.74
Markam County	芒康县	Mángkāng Xiàn		smar khams rdzong	81,399	11,576	7.03
Lhorong County	洛隆县	Luòlóng Xiàn		lho rong rdzong	47,491	8,048	5.90
Banbar County	边坝县	Biānbà Xiàn		dpal 'bar rdzong	35,767	8,774	4.07

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Climate Chamdo has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwb) in the Karub District and an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen: Dwc) in other counties.

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See also

• List of towns in Tibet by elevation

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Works cited

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