Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern province, China. Covering an area of 23,870 km2, it is bordered by the to the northwest, province to the northeast, and other parts of Yunnan province to the southwest and southeast - and , respectively.
  • Region with about 388,000 residents
  • …has the IATA airport code DIG
  • Description: autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China
  • Also known as
    “Deqen”
    “Diqing”
    “Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture”
    “迪庆州”
    “迪庆藏族自治州 བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།”

Places of Interest

Discover Dukezong Ancient Town and Xianggelila (Shangri-La).
Dukezong or Dorkhar is the historical center…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shangrila and Jiantang.
or Gyaitang is a town in northern …
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Latitude
27.8223° or 27° 49′ 20″ north
Longitude
99.7018° or 99° 42′ 6″ east
Open location code
7MVXRPC2+WP
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” goes by many names.
مقاطعة ديكين، التبتArabic
Diqing Tibetar Prefektura autonomoaBasque
ডেকেন তিব্বেতান এ অটোনোমাস ফ্রিপেকসারBengali
Prefectura Autònoma Tibetana de DiqingCatalan
Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous PrefectureCebuano
Díqìng Zàngzú ZìzhìzhōuChinese
迪庆Chinese
迪庆藏族自治州Chinese
迪慶藏族自治州Chinese
DečhenCzech
DêqênDanish
Autonome Tibetaanse Prefectuur DêqênDutch
Dêqêni Tiibeti autonoomne ringkondEstonian
DêqênFinnish
DiqingFinnish
迪庆藏族自治州Gan Chinese
Ντιτσίνγκ ΤιμπέτανGreek
ડેકેન તિબેટીયન ઔટોનોમાસ પ્રીફેક્ચરGujarati
Thit-khin Chhòng-chhu̍k Chhṳ-chhṳ-chûHakka Chinese
הנציבות האוטונומית הטיבטית דיצ’ינגHebrew
डिकेन तिब्बतन ऑटोनोमस प्रीफेक्चरHindi
Prefektur Otonom Tibet DêqênIndonesian
Prefektur Otonomi Tibet DiqingIndonesian
Prefettura autonoma tibetana di DêqênItalian
デチェン・チベット族自治州Japanese
ಡಿಕೆನ್ ಟಿಬೆಟಿಯನ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯKannada
디칭 티베트족 자치주Korean
Dikingas Tibetiešu autonomā prefektūraLatvian
迪慶藏族自治州Literary Chinese
Dikingo Tibeto Autonominė prefektūraLithuanian
Daerah Autonomi Deqen TibetanMalay
डेप्न तिबेटी ऑटोनॉमस प्रीफेक्चुअरMarathi
Dĭk-kéngMin Dong Chinese
Te̍k-khèng Chōng-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiuMin Nan Chinese
DêqênNorwegian
DêqênNorwegian Bokmål
ولایت خودمختار دیگینگ تبتیPersian
DêqênPolish
Prefectura autonomă tibetană DiqingRomanian
Дечен-Тибетский автономный округRussian
ඩෙකෙන් ටිබෙටියානු ස්වාධින ප්‍රාන්තයSinhala
Tibetanska avtonomna prefektura DičingSlovenian
DêqênSwedish
டெக்ன் டிபேடன் ஆடோனோமோஸ் பிரேபிக்ச்சர்Tamil
డికెన్ టిబెటన్ అటానమస్ ప్రీఫెక్చ్యూర్Telugu
จังหวัดปกครองตนเองชนชาติทิเบต ตี๋ชิ่งThai
བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།Tibetan
DiqingTurkish
Diqing Tibet Özerk BölgesiTurkish
Diqing Tibet Özerk İliTurkish
Дечен-Тибетська автономна префектураUkrainian
Дечен-Тибетський автономний округUkrainian
دیچنگ تبتی خود مختار پریفیکچرUrdu
DêqênVietnamese
Địch KhánhVietnamese
Địch Khánh, Huyện Tự Trị Dân tộc TạngVietnamese
迪庆藏族自治州Wu Chinese
迪慶Yue Chinese
迪慶州Yue Chinese
迪慶藏族自治州Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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Yunnan: Highlights

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