Lhorong County
洛隆县 • ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་། | |
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Coordinates: 30°42′N 96°9′E / 30.700°N 96.150°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Chamdo |
County seat | Dzito (Lhorong) |
Area | |
• Total | 8,060.36 km2 (3,112.12 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 53,185 |
• Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | luolong |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 洛隆县 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 洛隆縣 | ||||||
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Tibetan | ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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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.