Lhorong County

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Geography and climate

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Lhorong County is located in the northeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and contains some Script error: No such module "convert". of the Nu River (Salween River). The Nu River flows through Tibet into Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County of Yunnan Province. It later flows through Lushui County and into Myanmar, eventually into the Indian Ocean. Lhorong County lies to the south-west of the Qamdo Prefecture. Banbar County lies to the northwest, Baxoi County lies across the river to the east, Banbar County to the west, Dêngqên County to the north, and Riwoqê County to the northeast. From east to west the county is 127 kilometers and from north to south the greatest distance of is 105 kilometres.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A county has a total area of 8048.4 square kikometres. The total population is around 36,000 people (1999), with estimates in 2003 being around 40,000.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Other rivers of Lhorong County include the Jalan Song, Maqu, and the Zhuoma Lang. The county also contains numerous small lakes which the locals compare to 21 fairies.[1]

Not untypically for the "river region" of Tibet, the county has a dry-winter humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), bordering on a cool semi-arid climate (BSk). The average annual temperature is Script error: No such module "convert"., the midsummer (July) average Script error: No such module "convert"., and the midwinter (January) mean Script error: No such module "convert".. The country experiences 2,500 hours of sunshine annually on average, with a frost-free period of 120 days or so. The annual average rainfall is Script error: No such module "convert"..

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Subdivisions

Lhorong County contains 4 towns and 7 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Towns
Dzito Town
(Lhorong)
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Townships
Dakrong Township Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". Template:Bo-textonly Script error: No such module "lang".
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References

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External links

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