Shambala

Shambala is a town and the seat of , southwestern , western province of southwest China. Before 2005, it was called Samphel.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 30,000 residents
  • Description: seat of Xiangcheng, Garze, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Sampel”, “Samphel”, “Sangpi”, “Sangpo”, “Sangpuo”, “Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan”, “Xambala”, “Xiangbala”, “Xiangbala Town”, “Xiangcheng”, “桑坡”, “桑披”, and “香巴拉”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xiangcheng.

Photo: fsyzh, CC BY 3.0.
, is in Sichuan Province in south-west . It also belongs to the ancient Tibetan province of Kham. Being a necessary overnight-stop on the 'Backdoor'-route to , the town is a pleasant place to linger or to serve as starting point for excursions into the surrounding mountain areas.

Shambala

Latitude
28.93753° or 28° 56′ 15″ north
Longitude
99.79898° or 99° 47′ 56″ east
Population
30,000
Open location code
7MWXWQQX+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 298382201
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q7487442
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Shambala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شامبالا”
  • Asturian: “Shambala”
  • Bengali: “শাম্বালা, জিয়াঞ্চেং কান্টি, সিশোয়ান”
  • Chinese: “Xiāngbālā”
  • Chinese: “桑披镇”
  • Chinese: “香巴拉镇”
  • Danish: “Shambala”
  • Dutch: “Shambala”
  • Estonian: “Shambala”
  • Finnish: “Shambala, Xiangchengin Maakunta, Sichuan”
  • French: “Xiangbala”
  • Gan Chinese: “香巴拉镇”
  • German: “Xiangbala”
  • Greek: “Σάμπαλα”
  • Gujarati: “શંબલા, , ઝિઅંગચેંગ કાઉન્ટી, , સિચુઆન”
  • Hindi: “शंबला”
  • Indonesian: “Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan”
  • Italian: “Shambala”
  • Japanese: “シャンバーラ”
  • Kannada: “ಷಂಬಾಲಾ, ಸಿಯಾಂಗ್ಹೆನ್ಗ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ, ಸಿಚುವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “샴발라”
  • Latvian: “Sambala”
  • Lithuanian: “Sambala, Siangčengo sritis, Sičuanas”
  • Malay: “Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan”
  • Marathi: “शंबला, झिएंगचेंग काउंटी, सिचुआन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shambala, Xiangcheng fylke, sichuan”
  • Polish: “Shambala, Powiat Xiangcheng, Syczuan”
  • Portuguese: “Shambala”
  • Russian: “Шамбала”
  • Sinhala: “ස්කම්බලා ,ක්සියන්චේන්ග් පළාත ,සිචුවාන්”
  • Spanish: “Shambala”
  • Swedish: “Shambala, Xiangcheng Län, Sichuan”
  • Tamil: “ஷம்பாலா, ஜியாங்செங் கவுண்டி, சிச்சுவான்”
  • Telugu: “శంబాలా జి ఆంగ్చెంగ్ కంట్రీ సిచుఆన్”
  • Thai: “ชัมบาล่า , เมืองเซียงเฉิง ,เสฉวน”
  • Tibetan: “ཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Turkish: “Şambala”
  • Ukrainian: “Самбала”
  • Urdu: “شامبالا ، زیانجچینج کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Hương Ba Lạp Trấn, Hương Thành huyện, Tỉnh Tứ Xuyên”
  • Vietnamese: “Hương Ba Lạp Trấn”
  • Welsh: “Shambala”
  • Wu Chinese: “香巴拉镇”

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