Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a city in China with a population of about 186,400.
ChinaCity🏆 #460 most populated in China🕐 Asia/ShanghaiShangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. In the novel, the people who live in Shangri-La are almost immortal, living hundreds of years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly ageing in appearance.
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About Shangri-La
| Country | China |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 29 |
| Population | 186,400 |
| Local currency | CNY |
| Coordinates | 27.8251, 99.7078 |
| Time zone | Asia/Shanghai |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | City |
| Distance to the capital | 2,038 km · Beijing |
| Population (China) | #460 most populated in China |
| Where on Earth | 27°49′30″N · 99°42′28″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,097 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 6,921 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Corpus Christi (United States) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -27.83, -80.29 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Beijing | 2,038 km |
| Singapore | 2,976 km |
| Tokyo | 3,849 km |
| Dubai | 4,407 km |
| Moscow | 5,757 km |
| Cairo | 6,564 km |