About Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a city in Yunnan, China with a population of 186,400. It is the 455th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, and the 3,099th largest worldwide. It lies 2,038 km from Beijing.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 117
Coordinates
27.825, 99.708
Record updated
20 August 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,091 in ChinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.