Derge
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Derge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge), officially Gengqing Town (Tibetan: དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: dgon chen kren; Chinese: 更庆镇; pinyin: Gēngqìng Zhèn), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.
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Derge
更庆镇 | |
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Gengqing Town | |
Coordinates: 31°48′29″N 98°34′43″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Sichuan |
Prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
County | Dêgê County |
Area | |
• Total | 431.6 km2 (166.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,260 m (10,700 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 10,221 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
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