Kangding

Kangding
康定市 · དར་མདོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Dardo, Tachienlu, Dartsedo
Kangding from above
Kangding from above
Location of Kangding City (red) within Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Kangding City (red) within Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Kangding is located in Sichuan
Kangding
Kangding
Location of the city center in Sichuan
Kangding is located in China
Kangding
Kangding
Kangding (China)
Coordinates (Kangding government): 29°59′55″N 101°57′25″E / 29.9985°N 101.9569°E / 29.9985; 101.9569
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Municipal seatLucheng Subdistrict
Area
 • Total11,486 km2 (4,435 sq mi)
Elevation
2,560 m (8,400 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total126,785
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Major ethnic groups
Han
Tibetan
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
610000
Websitewww.kangding.gov.cn
Kangding
Chinese name
Chinese康定
Hanyu PinyinKāngdìng
PostalKangting
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāngdìng
Wade–GilesKʻang1-ting4
Dartsedo (Darzêdo)
Simplified Chinese打箭炉
Traditional Chinese打箭爐
Hanyu PinyinDǎjiànlú
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDǎjiànlú
Wade–GilesTa3-chien4-lu2
Tibetan name
Tibetanདར་རྩེ་མདོ།
Transcriptions
Wyliedar rtse mdo
Tibetan PinyinDarzêdo

Kangding (Chinese: 康定), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (Chinese: 打箭炉; Tibetan: དར་རྩེ་མདོ།), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the historical border between the Kham region of Tibet and the Sichuan region. Kangding's urban center is called Lucheng, which has around 134,000 inhabitants.

  1. ^ "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.