Why visit Qamdo
Townapedia lists 7 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails, 16 places to eat and 16 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Karuo culture and Karuo Ruins.
Weather in Qamdo
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About Qamdo
Chengguan (Tibetan: ཁྲེང་ཀོན་གྲོང་རྡལ, Wylie: Khreng kon grong rdal, ZWPY: Chênggoin Chongdai; Chinese: 城关镇; pinyin: Chéngguān Zhèn) is a major town in the historical region of Kham in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is the seat of Karub District and Chamdo Prefecture, and had a population of 45,861 in 2010. It is located about 600 km (370 mi) east of Lhasa. By road, the distance is 1,120 km (700 mi) via the southern route or 1,030 km (640 mi) via the northern route.
From the Wikipedia article Chengguan, Chamdo (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Qamdo on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks7
Karuo culture
Monument and historic site · 8.3 km
Neolithic culture in Tibet
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes16
4 more on the map.
Where to stay16
4 more on the map.
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping12
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries10
Healthcare9
Map of Qamdo
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bangda Airport (BPX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 65 km away.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Chamdo hotel, 岭南浪人:怀古, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 强巴林寺, geoff leng, CC0
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