Chamdo Region or Qamdo Region () was a province-level area of the

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comprising most of the western

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region of traditional

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, where the Khampa, a subgroup of the

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, live. Chamdo split from

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Province in 1950 after the

Battle of Chamdo The Battle of Chamdo (or Qamdo; ) occurred from 6 to 24 October 1950. It was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to take the Chamdo Region from a ''de facto'' independent Tibetan state.Shakya 1999 pp.28–32. The campa ...

. Chamdo was merged into

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in 1965.

Administrative divisions

1950–1956

References

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Administrative divisions

1950–1956

See also

References