Lhünzhub County
Lhünzhub
林周县 • ལྷུན་གྲུབ་རྫོང་། Lhundrub, Linzhou | |
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Typical scenery of the Nyainqentanglha Mountains | |
| Coordinates (Lhünzhub government): 29°53′38″N 91°15′54″E / 29.894°N 91.265°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| County seat | Ganden Chökhor (Lhünzhub) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,512 km2 (1,742 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 50,596 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 林周县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 林周縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ལྷུན་གྲུབ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Lhünzhub County, or Linzhou County (Chinese: 林周县) is a county in Lhasa towards the north-east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China. It covers an area of 4,512 km2 (1,742 sq mi) and as of 2000 had a population of 50,895 people, almost all classified as rural. The southern portion, the Pengbo River Valley, contains fertile arable land, while the colder and more mountainous northern portion primarily supports grazing. The county has many monasteries, including the Reting Monastery.
The county was established as Lhünzhub Dzong in 1857. In 1959, it merged with Pundo Dzong (Chinese: 旁多两宗) to form the modern Lhünzhub County.