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Country
  
China

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
2,165 km²

Area code
  
0836

County seat
  
Luqiao Town (泸桥镇)

Postal code
  
626100

Province
  
Sichuan

Luding County httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Website
  
http://www.luding.gov.cn

Prefecture
  
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Points of interest
  
Luding Bridge, Mount Gongga, Hailuogou Glacier Forest Pa, Sichuan Hailuogou National, Ice falls viewing platform

Luding County (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ཟམ།, Chagsam; Chinese: 泸定县; pinyin: Lúdìng Xiàn, Tibetan Jagsamka) is a part of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Chinese Province of Sichuan. Luding County covers an area of 2,165 km² and has a population of approximately 80,000 (at the end of 2004). The census in the year 2000 recorded a population of 77,855.

Contents

Map of Luding, Garze, Sichuan, China

Administrative divisions

Luding County contains four towns and eight townships:

  • Luqiao Town (泸桥镇), 19,459 inhabitants (2000), seat of the county government;
  • Lengqi Town (冷碛镇), 8,900 inhabitants (2000);
  • Xinglong Town (兴隆镇), 9,522 inhabitants (2000);
  • Moxi Town (磨西镇), 6,794 inhabitants (2000);
  • Lan'an Township (岚安乡), 2,789 inhabitants (2000);
  • Pengba Township (烹坝乡), 4,156 inhabitants (2000);
  • Tianba Township (田坝乡), 4,124 inhabitants (2000);
  • Chuni Township (杵坭乡), 2,966 inhabitants (2000);
  • Jiajun Township (加郡乡), 3,873 inhabitants (2000);
  • Dewei Township (德威乡), 4,602 inhabitants (2000);
  • Xinxing Township (新兴乡), 4,568 inhabitants (2000);
  • Detuo Township (得妥乡), 6,102 inhabitants (2000)

    • Ethnic Composition of the Population of Luding County (2000)

    A Census in the year 2000 counted 77,855 inhabitants in total.

    Transport

  • China National Highway 318

    • References

    Luding County Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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