Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan
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; Cantonese Yale: Sōngpēi).
Shambala | |
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| 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 |
  Shambala Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 28°55′51″N 99°48′03″E | |
| 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 |
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