Kangding County
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Kangding or Dardo (Chinese: 康定, Pinyin: Kāngdìng; Tibetan in official transcription: Dardo or Darzêdo, in Wylie transliteration: dar mdo or dar rtse mdo) is the name of a county and a town in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. It is an ethnic Tibetan township located in the historical Tibetan region of Kham.
During the Republic of China administration, Kangding was the capital of the now-defunct province of Sikang.
In the west, Dardo was previously known as Tachienlu or Tatsienlu, after the Chinese transcription Dǎjiànlú 打箭爐 of the Tibetan name Darzêdo.
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