Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

27°49′N 99°42′E / 27.82°N 99.70°E / 27.82; 99.70

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified Chinese迪庆藏族自治州
 • Hanyu pinyinDíqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan scriptབདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
 • Tibetan pinyinDêqên Pörig Ranggyong Kü
Snow-capped mountains in Diqing Prefecture
Snow-capped mountains in Diqing Prefecture
Etymology: From Tibetan བདེ་ཆེན (dêqên), meaning "auspicious place"
Location of Diqing Prefecture in Yunnan
Location of Diqing Prefecture in Yunnan
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Prefecture seatShangri-La
Government
 • TypeAutonomous prefecture
 • CCP SecretaryGu Kun
 • Congress ChairmanGu Kun
 • GovernorQi Jianxin
 • CPPCC ChairmanDu Yongchun
Area
 • Total
23,185.59 km2 (8,952.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
400,182
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • TotalCN¥ 30.3 billion
US$ 4.5 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 77,785
US$ 11,473
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
674400
Area code0887
ISO 3166 codeCN-YN-34
License plate prefix云R
Websitewww.diqing.gov.cn
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese迪庆藏族自治州
Traditional Chinese迪慶藏族自治州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDíqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
Tibetan name
Tibetanབདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་
Transcriptions
Wyliebde-chen bod-rigs rang-skyong khul
Tibetan PinyinDêqên Pörig Ranggyong Kü

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture[a] is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. Covering an area of 23,870 km2 (9,220 sq mi), it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the northwest, Sichuan province to the northeast, and other parts of Yunnan province to the southwest and southeast; Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Shangri-La.

Diqing Prefecture is divided into three county-level divisions: Shangri-La, Deqin County, and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County. They were all formerly under the administration of Lijiang (located southeast of this prefecture).[2] Diqing Prefecture was established in 1957 and named by its first governor.[2]

  1. ^ 云南省统计局、国家统计局云南调查总队 (December 2023). 《云南统计年鉴-2023》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-9653-1.}}
  2. ^ a b "System Evolution", via official website of Diqing government (in Chinese). Accessed April 25, 2015.


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