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
 • Density0.0368/km2 (0.0953/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 a township (唐古拉山乡). 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 mi2), and has a population of 1,750 as of 2020.