Deqin
Deqin is a county in Yunnan province, in the Hengduan Range at the eastern end of the Himalayas. 80% of its 55,000 inhabitants are Tibetan. If you can deal with the altitude, it makes a great place to hike from, and if you can not then just hanging out in town is also very rewarding.
- City with about 54,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,300 metres (10,830 feet)
- Description: county
- Also known as“Dêqên County”“Deqin County”“德钦县 བདེ་ཆེན།”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shengping.
Deqin
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Latitude
28.4752° or 28° 28′ 31″ north
Longitude
98.9177° or 98° 55′ 4″ east
Open location code
7MWWFWG9+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Deqin” goes by many names.
Dêqên CountyCebuano
Déqīn XiànChinese
德欽設治局Chinese
德钦Chinese
德钦县Chinese
阿墩縣Chinese
阿墩設治局Chinese
Dêqên (Kreis)Dutch
德钦县Gan Chinese
더친 현Korean
Dêqên KoānMin Nan Chinese
DêqênNorwegian
DêqênNorwegian Bokmål
شهرستان دچنPersian
Districtul DêqênRomanian
ДеченRussian
ДэциньRussian
DekenSlovenian
DêqênSlovenian
DêqênSwedish
Dêqên, DêqênSwedish
བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།Tibetan
ДеченUkrainian
دیچنگ کاؤنٹیUrdu
DêqênVietnamese
德钦县Wu Chinese
德欽Yue Chinese
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