Litang County
理塘县 • ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་། | |
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.jpg) Landscape of Litang County | |
.png) Litang County (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Litang Location of the seat in Sichuan  Litang Litang (China) | |
| Coordinates (Litang County government): 29°59′39″N 100°16′09″E / 29.9942°N 100.2692°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| County seat | Tochong (Litang) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,677 km2 (5,281 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,954 m (12,972 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 67,293 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | litang |
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| Simplified Chinese | 理塘县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 理塘縣 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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Litang County (Tibetan: ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 理塘县) is southwest of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan, China, in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. It contains 7 towns and a population of more than 60,000 in 2020. Due to its elevation and mountainous terrain, the county has an alpine climate. Several famous Tibetan Buddhist figures were born here, including the 7th Dalai Lama, the 10th Dalai Lama, the 11th Tai Situpa, four of the Pabalas, as well as the 5th Jamyang Zhépa of Labrang Monastery. Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, returned here and built Kampo Nénang Monastery and Pangphuk Monastery. It also has strong connections with the eponymous hero of the Epic of King Gesar.[2]
- ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04.
- ^ Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet. 6th Edition, p. 260. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8.