Luqu County (Chinese: 碌曲县; pinyin: Lùqū Xiàn, Tibetan: ཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: klu chu rdzong, ZYPY: Luqu Zong)[1] is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the southeast and Qinghai to the west. Its postal code is 717200, and in 1999 its population was 30,039 people.[2]
Luqu County
ཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།· 碌曲县 | |
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County | |
![]() Langmusi | |
![]() Luqu County (pink) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu | |
Coordinates (Luqu government): 34°35′27″N 102°29′23″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Gansu |
Autonomous prefecture | Gannan |
Area | |
• Total | 5,298.6 km2 (2,045.8 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 38,000 |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 747200 |
Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling (Ganden Shedrub Pekar Drolwailing), a Gelug monastery located in Langmusi, was founded in 1748. It became the seat of the Kirti incarnation line.[3][4]
Luqu County (碌曲县) is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.[5]
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(also called: stag tshang lha mo dgon, lha mo dgon, stag tshang lha mo gser khri dgon, dga' ldan bshad sgrub pad dkar grol ba'i gling, stag tshang lha mo gse khri dgon dga' ldan bshad sgrub pad dkar grol ba'i gling, 郎木寺, 噶丹雪珠贝噶卓卫林, langmu si)
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