Chamdo was called "Kam" or "Kham" in ancient times so that it could be differentiated from the U, Tsang and Ngari. Located in eastern Tibet, Chamdo, tucked away in the Henduan Mountains and dissected by the three large rivers, covers an area of 108,600 square KM. On its eastern side lies Sichuan, with Yunnan to the south and Qinghai in the north. The total population is over 550,000, of which 98.26 percent are Tibetan.
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