Qüxü County
Qüxü
曲水县 • ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་། Chushur, Chushul, Qushui | |
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Yarlung Tsangpo ferry near Qüxü 1939 | |
Location of Qüxü County (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates (Qüxü government): 29°21′11″N 90°44′38″E / 29.353°N 90.744°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| County seat | Qüxü |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,624 km2 (627 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 41,851 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 曲水县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曲水縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Qüxü County is a county in the Lhasa southwest of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China. It is mountainous in the northwest, flatter near the Lhasa River, which runs through the east of the county, and the Yarlung Tsangpo—forming the southern border. The population as of 2000 was 29,690, mostly engaged in agriculture or animal husbandry. The county is home to the Nyethang Drolma Lhakhang Temple.