Dêqên
བདེ་ཆེན་ · 德庆镇
Dêqên is located in Tibet
Dêqên
Dêqên
Location within the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates (Dêqên government): 29°40′09″N 91°22′00″E / 29.6692°N 91.3667°E / 29.6692; 91.3667
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level cityLhasa
DistrictDagzê
Nearby settlements (distance)Baga 
15.9 mi (26 km)

Bayizhen 
9.2 mi (15 km)

Puqu 
6 mi (10 km)

Pula 
6.2 mi (10 km)

Qomo 
8.2 mi (13 km)
Population
  Major Nationalities
Tibetan
  Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

Dêqên (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་, Wylie: déchen), or Deqing in Chinese (simplified Chinese: 德庆; traditional Chinese: 德慶; pinyin: Déqìng), is a town and the seat of Dagzê District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is near Ganden Monastery, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of central Lhasa.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 150. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908086-88-1.


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