Qamdo
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Qamdo Chamdo (Tournadre western spelling), 昌都 (Pinyin
: Changdu) can refer to:
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Changdu) can refer to:
- ChamdoChamdoQamdo , or Chamdo, officially organised as Chengguan of Qamdo County , population in 1999 about 86,280, is a major town in the historical region of Kham in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The capital of Qamdo County and Qamdo Prefecture, it is Tibet's third...
, a town in Tibet - Qamdo Region, a former administrative region in western Kham, Tibet - see Qamdo PrefectureQamdo PrefectureQamdo Prefecture is a subnational entity in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, containing the town of Qamdo...
- Qamdo PrefectureQamdo PrefectureQamdo Prefecture is a subnational entity in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, containing the town of Qamdo...
, a Chinese prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region - Qamdo CountyQamdo CountyQamdo 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...
, a county in the Tibet Autonomous Region - Qamdo Bangda AirportQamdo Bangda AirportQamdo 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 ....