Deqin County

Deqin County
德钦县 • བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང་
Etymology: From Tibetan བདེ་ཆེན (dêqên), meaning "auspicious place"
Location of Deqin County (red) within Diqing Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan
Location of Deqin County (red) within Diqing Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan
Deqin is located in Yunnan
Deqin
Deqin
Location in Yunnan
Coordinates: 28°12′N 98°59′E / 28.200°N 98.983°E / 28.200; 98.983
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureDiqing
County seatDeqen
Area
 • Total
7,596 km2 (2,933 sq mi)
Elevation
3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total
54,736
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
674500
Area code0887
Websitedeqin.diqing.gov.cn
Deqin County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese德钦县
Traditional Chinese德欽縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDéqīn Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanབདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང་
Transcriptions
Wyliebde chen rdzong
Tibetan PinyinDêqên Zong

Deqin County[a] is county of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located in northwest Yunnan province, China.

  1. ^ "迪庆州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Diqing Prefecture. 2021-05-27.


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