» This article refers to the town of Chamdo. For other uses, see Qamdo. Chamdo (; Wylie: chab-mdo; officially: Qamdo; Chinese: 昌都; Pinyin: Chāngdū), population about 86.280 (1999) in Kham in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region,'s Tibet's third largest city (after Lhasa and Shigatse). It's located about 480km (as the crow flies) from Lhasa, on the road the distance covers 1120 km (southern route) or 1030 km (northern route). It's at an altitude of 3,230 metres (10,600 ft… (More on Chamdo)