Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan
Appearance
Shambala | |
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Tibetan transcription(s) | |
• Tibetan | ཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། |
• Wylie transliteration | sham bha la grong rdal |
Chinese transcription(s) | |
• Simplified | 香巴拉镇 |
• Traditional | 香巴拉鎮 |
• Pinyin | Xiāngbālā Zhèn |
Coordinates: 28°55′51″N 99°48′03″E / 28.93083°N 99.80083°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Sichuan |
Prefecture | Garzê |
County | Xiangcheng |
Elevation | 2,888 m (9,475 ft) |
Time zone | UTC 8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 513336100 |
Area code | 0836 |
Shambala (Tibetan: ཤམ་བྷ་ལ, Wylie: sham bha la; Chinese: 香巴拉; pinyin: Xiāngbālā) is a town and the seat of Xiangcheng County,[1] southwestern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan province of southwest China. Before 2005, it was called Samphel (Tibetan: བསམ་འཕེལ, Wylie: bsam 'phel, Chinese: 桑披; pinyin: Sāngpī).