SW China
Yunnan
Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Jiantang

Jiantang or Gyaitang is a town in northern , seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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  • Type: Town with 95,200 residents
  • Description: town in Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
  • Also known as: “Chung-tien”, “Chung-tien-hsien”, “Chungtienting”, “Gyaitang”, “Gyaithang”, “Gyaltang”, “Gyalthang”, “Gyeltang”, “Gyelthang”, “Jiantang Town”, “Ta-chung-tien”, “Zhongdian”, and “Zhongxin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shangri-La County Stadium and Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Museum.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in Shangri-La County, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and horse racing. The stadium holds 25,000 spectators.

Museum
Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.

Aerodrome
Photo: Azylber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport serving , Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, . The airport does not have any taxiways, requiring planes landing there to backtaxi to the terminal building. is situated 3 km west of Jiantang.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shangrila.

Photo: Felix Filnkoessl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in Province. The second town with this name is in , and known as the gateway to National Park.

Jiantang

Latitude
27.80249° or 27° 48′ 9″ north
Longitude
99.70759° or 99° 42′ 27″ east
Population
95,200
Elevation
3,282 metres (10,768 feet)
Open location code
7MVXRP25+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6834973037
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1279455
Wiki­data ID
Q11065280
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Jiantang” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Jiantang”
  • Chinese: “建塘”
  • Chinese: “建塘镇”
  • Dutch: “Jiantang”
  • French: “Jiantang”
  • Gan Chinese: “建塘镇”
  • German: “Jiantang”
  • Japanese: “建塘鎮”
  • Spanish: “Jiantang”
  • Tibetan: “རྒྱལ་ཐང་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Tibetan: “རྒྱལ་ཐང”
  • Welsh: “Jiantang”
  • Wu Chinese: “建塘镇”

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