Jiantang

Jiantang
建塘镇 · རྒྱལ་ཐང་རྡལ།
Town
Historical center of Jiantang
Jiantang
Coordinates: 27°50′N 99°42′E / 27.833°N 99.700°E / 27.833; 99.700
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
PrefectureDêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
CountyShangri-La County
Elevation
3,282 m (10,768 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Jiantang
Chinese name
Chinese建塘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiàntáng
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྒྱལ་ཐང།
Transcriptions
Wyliergyal thang
Tibetan PinyinGyaitang

Jiantang or Gyaitang (Gyälthang) is a town in northern Yunnan, seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

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