Qamdo: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Tibet
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 86,280
• Coordinates: 31.1304° N, 97.1798° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 1,988 km (1,235 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Qamdo Bangda Airport (BPX): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
• Yushu Batang Airport (YUS): 190 km (118 mi), straight line
• Garze Gesar Airport (GZG): 236 km (147 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Samdo: 56 km (35 mi)
• Yanduo: 65 km (40 mi)
• Racaka: 70 km (43 mi)
• Zigar: 95 km (59 mi)
• Moluo: 95 km (59 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yushu, 209 km (130 mi)