Derge
Derge
更庆镇 | |
|---|---|
| Gengqing Town | |
View of Derge from above | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′29″N 98°34′43″E / 31.80806°N 98.57861°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Dêgê County |
| Area | |
• Total | 431.6 km2 (166.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,260 m (10,700 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 10,221 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Derge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge), officially Gengqing Town (Tibetan: དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: dgon chen kren; Chinese: 更庆镇; pinyin: Gēngqìng Zhèn), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.