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Kangding County

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Kangding (Chinese: 康定; Tibetan: Dartsedo) is 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, as well as the prefecture's capital. Kangding was previously called Tatsienlu (source: 1929 Literary Digest Atlas of the World and Gazetteer).

It gives its name to the popular Mandarin folk song Kangding Qingge.

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