Tanggulashan

Tanggula
唐古拉山镇 · གདང་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
Tanggula
Location in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°13′53″N 92°26′33″E / 34.23139°N 92.44250°E / 34.23139; 92.44250
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaixi
County-level cityGolmud
Area
  Total
47,540.08 km2 (18,355.33 sq mi)
Elevation
4,535 m (14,879 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
1,750
  Density0.037/km2 (0.095/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
632801101
Tanggulashan / Danglarong
Chinese name
Chinese唐古拉山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTánggǔlāshān
Tibetan name
Tibetanགདང་ལ་གྲོང།
Transcriptions
Wyliegdang la grong
Tibetan PinyinDangla Chong
Tanggula / Dangla
Chinese name
Chinese唐古拉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTánggǔlā
Tibetan name
Tibetanགདང་ལ་གྲོང།
Transcriptions
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Tibetan PinyinDangla

Tanggulashan (simplified Chinese: 唐古拉山镇; traditional Chinese: 唐古拉山鎮; pinyin: Tánggǔlāshān Zhèn; lit. 'Tanggula Mountains town', Standard Tibetan: གདང་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ།), or Dangla Town, is a town in the southwest of Qinghai province, China. It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud, in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, partially administrated by Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005, it was known as Tanggula Township (唐古拉乡). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures.

The town spans an area of approximately 48,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi), and has a population of 1,750 as of 2020.