Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan (; zh, s=稻城县) is a county of western

Sichuan Province Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...

, China, located in the eastern

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. It is under the administration of the

Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in the western arm of Sichuan province, China bordering Yunnan to the south, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west, and Gansu to the north ...

with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. Its latitude ranges from 27° 58' to 29° 30' N and longitude 99° 56' to 100° 36', and reaches in north–south extent and in east–west width, with elevations ranging from .

Daocheng Yading Airport Daocheng Yading Airport is an airport serving Daocheng County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province, China. It is located in Sangdui Township, north of the county seat and from the Yading Nature Reserve. At abov ...

, the world's highest airport, is located in Daocheng County.

History

The explorer

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departed from

Lijiang Lijiang ( zh, s= ), formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) ...

in 1928 and visited Daocheng. After the fall of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

, Xiangcheng and Daocheng fell into chaos. Daocheng was controlled by local chiefs centered in Daoba and the Gangkarling ( zh, labels=no , s=贡噶岭 , p=Gònggálǐng) region from 1930s to 1950s."乡城、稻城土头统治的由来及其嬗变" by 秦和平

Administrative Divisions

Daocheng County is divided into 5

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and 8

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Climate

Daocheng has a Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental climate (Dwb) according to the

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, with humid and rainy and warm summers, and cold and dry winters due to the high pressure that forms over the Tibetan Plateau during those months. Snowfall is most common during spring and autumn, as there is little precipitation during winter.

References

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{{authority control Populated places in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture County-level divisions of Sichuan