Chamdo Region
| Qamdo Region 昌都地区 | |||||||||||
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| Area of the People's Republic of China (1950–1956) | |||||||||||
| 1950–1956 | |||||||||||
Qamdo Area in the People's Republic of China, in the Southwest | |||||||||||
| Capital | Qamdo County | ||||||||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||||
• Established | 1950 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1956 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||||
Chamdo Region or Qamdo Region (Chinese: 昌都地区; pinyin: Chāngdū Dìqū; Wade–Giles: Chʻang1-tu1 Ti4-chʻü1) was a province-level area of the People's Republic of China comprising most of the western Kham region of traditional Tibet, where the Khampa, a subgroup of the Tibetan people, live. Chamdo split from Xikang Province in 1950 after the Battle of Chamdo. Chamdo was merged into Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965.