Lhorong County
Lhorong County
洛隆县 • ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་། | |
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Location of Lhorong County within Tibet | |
| 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) | |
• Total | 53,185 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | luolong |
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| 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.