Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan

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Shambala
Tibetan  transcription(s)
   Tibetan ཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
   Wylie transliteration sham bha la grong rdal
Chinese  transcription(s)
   Simplified 香巴拉镇
   Traditional 香巴拉鎮
   Pinyin Xiāngbālā Zhèn
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Shambala
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 28°55′51″N99°48′03″E / 28.93083°N 99.80083°E / 28.93083; 99.80083
Country China
Province Sichuan
Prefecture Garzê
County Xiangcheng
Elevation
2,888 m (9,475 ft)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
513336100
Area code 0836

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).

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