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Also known as Dangla, Tanggula

Tanggulashan (, ), or Dangla Town, is a town in the southwest of Qinghai province, China. It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud, in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, partially administrated by Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005, it was a township (). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures.

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Instance of
town of China
Official name
唐古拉山镇
Country
China
Located in
Golmud
Population
1605
Area
47540.08
Elevation
4535
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Image
格尔木 唐古拉山镇与109国道沱沱河桥 01.jpg
Dialing code
979
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Tanggulashan (, ), or Dangla Town, is a town in the southwest of Qinghai province, China. It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud, in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, partially administrated by Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005, it was a township (). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures.

The town spans an area of approximately , and has a population of 1,750 as of 2020.

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