Shangri-La is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, China, named after the mythical land of Shangri-La depicted in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. It is the capital and largest city of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is bordered by the city of Lijiang to the south and by Sichuan province to the northwest, north and east. The Chinese name and the Tibetan name are both given in the source article, which also records that the city is the main urban place of its Tibetan autonomous prefecture.
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1. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseComment above Zone Asia/ShanghaiQuote, Comment above Zone Asia/Shanghai
Beijing time, used throughout China; represented by Shanghai.
Shangri-La, Yunnan (Wikipedia)
Part Of: China, LeadQuote, Part Of: China, Lead
in northwestern Yunnan province, China
China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, LeadQuote, On Continent: Asia, Lead
is a country in East Asia
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Geographic regions, Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia 030 China 156 CHN
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