Daocheng County

Daocheng County
稻城县 · འདབ་པ་རྫོང་།
Dapba, Dabba, Daoba
White Pagoda in Daocheng County
White Pagoda in Daocheng County
Daocheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Daocheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Daocheng is located in Sichuan
Daocheng
Daocheng
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Daocheng is located in China
Daocheng
Daocheng
Daocheng (China)
Coordinates (Daocheng government): 29°02′16″N 100°17′51″E / 29.0379°N 100.2974°E / 29.0379; 100.2974
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatJingzhoi (Jinzhu)
Area
 • Total7,323 km2 (2,827 sq mi)
Elevation
3,753 m (12,313 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total32,916
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.daocheng.gov.cn
Daocheng County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese稻城
Traditional Chinese稻城
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàochéng Xiàn
Historical Chinese name
Simplified Chinese稻坝
Traditional Chinese稻壩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàobà
Tibetan name
Tibetanའདབ་པ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylieʻdab pa rdzong
Tibetan PinyinDabba Zong

Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan (Tibetan: འདབ་པ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 稻城县) is a county of western Sichuan Province, China, located in the eastern Hengduan Mountains. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. Its latitude ranges from 27° 58' to 29° 30' N and longitude 99° 56' to 100° 36', and reaches 174 kilometres (108 mi) in north–south extent and 63 km (39 mi) in east–west width, with elevations ranging from 2,000 to 6,032 m (6,562 to 19,790 ft).

Daocheng Yading Airport, the world's highest airport, is located in Daocheng County.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference xzqhdc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04.