Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan

Shambala (Tibetan: ཤམ་བྷ་ལ, Wylie: sham bha la; Chinese: 香巴拉; pinyin: Xiāngbālā) is a town and the seat of Xiangcheng County,[1] southwestern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan province of southwest China. Before 2005, it was called Samphel (Tibetan: བསམ་འཕེལ, Wylie: bsam 'phel, Chinese: 桑披; pinyin: Sāngpī).

Shambala
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetanཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
 • Wylie transliterationsham bha la grong rdal
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified香巴拉镇
 • Traditional香巴拉鎮
 • PinyinXiāngbālā Zhèn
Shambala is located in Sichuan
Shambala
Shambala
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 28°55′51″N 99°48′03″E / 28.93083°N 99.80083°E / 28.93083; 99.80083
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
PrefectureGarzê
CountyXiangcheng
Elevation
2,888 m (9,475 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
513336100
Area code0836

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