Luding County
泸定县 · ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་། Chagsam, Jagsam | |
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 Luding Bridge crossing the Dadu River | |
.png) Location of Luding County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Luding Location of the seat in Sichuan  Luding Luding (China) | |
| Coordinates: 29°54′50″N 102°14′02″E / 29.914°N 102.234°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Garzê |
| County seat | Luqiao |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 86,234 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities | Han - 78.2% Tibetan - 16.0% Yi - 4.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 626100 |
| Area code | 0836 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 泸定县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瀘定縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Luding County (simplified Chinese: 泸定县; traditional Chinese: 瀘定縣; pinyin: Lúdìng Xiàn), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: lcags zam rdzong, ZYPY: Jagsam Zong), is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China.[1] Luding County covers an area of 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi), and has a population of 86,234 as of 2022.[1]