Shambala, Xiangcheng County, Sichuan

Shambala
Town
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 / 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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