Kangding
Kangding, is the largest city and capital of Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, in western Sichuan Province, China. This small mountain city is at an altitude of 2600 m and offers a welcome relief from the pollution and overcrowding of the larger cities of the Sichuan plain.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Ganzi, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 130,000
- IATA airport code: KGT
- Latitude: 30.0022° or 30° 0' 8" north
- Longitude: 101.9569° or 101° 57' 24.8" east
- Elevation: 2826 meters (9272 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1802171
Also Known As
- French: Ville-district de Kangding
- German: Kangding
- Italian: Kangding
- Russian: Кандин
- Spanish: Kangding
- Tibetan: དར་མདོ།
- Dardo
- K'an-ting
- K'ang-ting-hsien
- K'ang-ting
- Ta-chien-lu
- Tarchendo
- Tatsienlu
- Tatsientu
In the Area
Localities
- YulinTown
- 新榆林村Village, 3½ km south
- LaoyulinVillage, 4½ km south
- 老榆林村Village, 5 km south
- 大桥湾Village, 6 km west
- Lucheng KangdingTown, 6 km north
Landmarks
- Nanwu MonasteryBuddhist temple, 4½ km north
- SparSupermarket, 5 km north
- Xinhua BookstoreBookstore, 6 km north
- DicosRestaurant, 6 km north
- Deng Ba YHAHostel, 6 km north
- Dengba Hostel - was closed at 29.08.2019Hostel, 6 km north
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