| Kardze | |
| Translit Lang1: | Chinese |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | 甘孜 |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Gānzī |
| Translit Lang2: | Tibetan |
| Translit Lang2 Type: | Tibetan |
| Translit Lang2 Info: | དཀར་མཛེས་ |
| Translit Lang2 Type1: | Wylie transliteration |
| Translit Lang2 Info1: | dkar mdzes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map: | China Sichuan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sichuan |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kardze County |
| Population: | 16920 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 31.6273°N 99.9887°W |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Kardze[2] [3] or Garzê, called Ganzi in Chinese,[2] is a town and county seat in Kardze County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. Despite Kardze Prefecture being named after the town, the prefecture capital is Kangding, 365 km to the southeast. As of 2010, Kardze was home to 16,920 inhabitants. Kardze is an ethnic Tibetan township and is located in the historical Tibetan region of Kham. It contains the 15th century Kandze Monastery, home to over 500 Gelugpa monks.
Kardze lies in the large Kardze valley at 3390 metres above sea level and is surrounded by rocky terrain and mountains.[4] The Yalong River's tributary Rongcha River passes through the town from north to south.