| Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
| Settlement Type: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Translit Lang1: | Chinese |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Chinese: 迪庆藏族自治州 |
| Translit Lang2: | Tibetan |
| Etymology: | From Tibetan, meaning "auspicious place" |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Government Type: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Leader Title: | CCP Secretary |
| Leader Name: | Gu Kun |
| Leader Title1: | Congress Chairman |
| Leader Name1: | Gu Kun |
| Leader Title2: | Governor |
| Leader Name2: | Qi Jianxin |
| Leader Title3: | CPPCC Chairman |
| Leader Name3: | Du Yongchun |
| Area Total Km2: | 23,185.59 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 400,182 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[1] |
| demographics2_title1 = Total| demographics2_info1 = CN¥ 30.3 billion
US$ 4.5 billion | demographics2_title2 = Per capita| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 77,785
US$ 11,473| timezone = CST| utc_offset = +8| elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code| postal_code = 674400| area_code = 0887| iso_code = CN-YN-34| blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = }}
| Order: | st |
| S: | 迪庆藏族自治州 |
| T: | 迪慶藏族自治州 |
| P: | Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
| Tib: | བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ |
| Wylie: | bde-chen bod-rigs rang-skyong khul |
| Zwpy: | Dêqên Pörig Ranggyong Kü |
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan province, China. Covering an area of 23870km2, it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the northwest, Sichuan province to the northeast, and other parts of Yunnan province to the southwest and southeast; Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Shangri-La.
Diqing Prefecture is divided into three county-level divisions: Shangri-La, Deqin County, and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County. They were all formerly under the administration of Lijiang (located southeast of this prefecture).[2] Diqing Prefecture was established in 1957 and named by its first governor.
The prefecture's name is derived from the Tibetan word, which means "auspicious place". In Chinese, the name is written with the characters Chinese: 迪 and Chinese: 庆, which mean "to enlighten" and "to celebrate", respectively.[3] Alternate English names include Dechen and Deqing.[4]
Diqing Shangri-La Airport, also known simply as Diqing Airport, is one of the biggest airports in the northwest of the Yunnan Province. It is located about 3.4miles from the center of Shangri-La City. There are flights to Lhasa, Chengdu, Beijing (via Kunming), Shanghai Pudong, Shenzhen (via Guiyang), Guangzhou, Kunming and Xishuangbanna.
Highways are the main means of transportation to reach Diqing Prefecture. The major highway in this prefecture is China National Highway 214 (a Yunnan-Tibet-Qinghai highway abbreviated "G214").
There are also direct bus routes to Kunming, Lijiang and Panzhihua (Sichuan).
| Tibetan | 127,685 | 32.95% | |
| Lisu | 105,397 | 27.20% | |
| Han | 64,823 | 16.73% | |
| Naxi | 43,447 | 11.21% | |
| Bai | 21,208 | 5.47% | |
| Yi | 17,759 | 4.58% | |
| Pumi | 2,081 | 0.54% | |
| Miao | 1,641 | 0.42% | |
| Hui | 1,593 | 0.41% | |
| Hani | 251 | 0.06% | |
| Others | 1,626 | 0.42% |
See main article: List of administrative divisions of Yunnan.
Diqing Prefecture is divided into three county-level divisions: Shangri-La, Deqin County, and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County.