Chamdo, officially Qamdo[2][3] (Tibetan: ཆབ་མདོ, Wylie: chab mdo, ZYPY: qamdo) and also known in Chinese as Changdu (Chinese: 昌都; pinyin: Chang Du),[4] is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and Shigatse.

[5] Chamdo is divided into 11 county-level divisions: one district and ten counties.

[7] Changdu Bangda Airport, opened in 1994, is located 126 kilometres (78 miles) from Chengguan Town in Karub District.

The long commute (2.5 hours by mountain road) is the result of no flat land closer to the city being available to construct an airport.