Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan ( Tibetan : འདབ་པ་རྫོང་། ; Chinese : 稻城县 ) is a county of western Sichuan Province , China, located in the eastern Hengduan Mountains . It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. Its latitude ranges from 27° 58' to 29° 30' N and longitude 99° 56' to 100° 36', and reaches 174 kilometres (108 mi) in north–south extent and 63 km (39 mi) in east–west width, with elevations ranging from 2,000 to 6,032 m (6,562 to 19,790 ft).
4-628: Daocheng Yading Airport , the world's highest airport, is located in Daocheng County. The explorer Joseph Rock departed from Lijiang in 1928 and visited Daocheng. After the fall of the Qing dynasty , Xiangcheng and Daocheng fell into chaos. Daocheng was controlled by local chiefs centered in Daoba and the Gangkarling ( 贡噶岭 ; Gònggálǐng ) region from 1930s to 1950s. Daocheng County
8-715: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daocheng Yading Airport Daocheng Yading Airport ( IATA : DCY , ICAO : ZUDC ) is an airport serving Daocheng County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province, China. It is located in Sangdui Township, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the county seat and 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the Yading Nature Reserve. At 4,411 m (14,472 ft) above sea level, Daocheng Yading
12-584: Is divided into 5 towns and 8 townships . Daocheng has a Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental climate (Dwb) according to the Köppen Climate classification , with humid and rainy and warm summers, and cold and dry winters due to the high pressure that forms over the Tibetan Plateau during those months. Snowfall is most common during spring and autumn, as there is little precipitation during winter. This Sichuan location article
16-528: Is the highest civilian airport in the world. Construction started after the airport was approved in April 2011, with a total investment of 1.58 billion yuan (US$ 255 million). The airport was opened on 16 September 2013. The inaugural flight was Air China Flight 4215 on an Airbus A319 from the provincial capital Chengdu , carrying 118 passengers. The opening of the airport cut the journey time between Daocheng and Chengdu to one hour, which previously required
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