Dukezong () or Dorkhar is the historical center of
Shangri-La City (
Gyalthang
Shangri-La (; ) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, China, named after the mythical land depicted in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon''. It is the capital and largest city of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is border ...
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Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. Covering an area of , it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the northwest, Sichuan province to the northeast, and other parts of ...
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Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
province, China.
History
The town is over thirteen hundred years old. In January 2014, a
fire lasting over ten hours broke out destroying most of the town. There were no injuries or deaths reported, but over two thousand six hundred people had to be evacuated. Many buildings, including one statue that was from the seventeenth century, were destroyed.
Spotlight: fire breaks out in ancient town, Shangri-la
, China Tibet online
References
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Shangri-La City
Towns in China
Destroyed populated places