Lhorong County

Lhorong County
洛隆县ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་།
Himalayan blue sheep
Location of Lhorong County within Tibet
Location of Lhorong County within Tibet
Lhorong County is located in Tibet
Lhorong County
Lhorong County
Location in Tibet
Lhorong County is located in China
Lhorong County
Lhorong County
Lhorong County (China)
Coordinates: 30°42′N 96°9′E / 30.700°N 96.150°E / 30.700; 96.150
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatDzito (Lhorong)
Area
 • Total8,060.36 km2 (3,112.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total53,185
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websiteluolong.changdu.gov.cn
Lhorong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese洛隆县
Traditional Chinese洛隆縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuòlóng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylielho rong rdzong
Tibetan PinyinLhorong Zong

Lhorong County (Tibetan: ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་།, Chinese: 洛隆县) is a county of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county covers an area of 8,108 km2 (3,131 sq mi) and has a population of around 40,000 as of 2003. The word Lhorong means "valley in the south" or "river in the south" in Tibetan.

  1. ^ "昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Chamdo. 2021-06-22.