Luding County

Luding County
泸定县 · ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།
Chagsam, Jagsam
Luding Bridge crossing the Dadu River
Location of Luding County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Luding County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Luding is located in Sichuan
Luding
Luding
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Luding is located in China
Luding
Luding
Luding (China)
Coordinates: 29°54′50″N 102°14′02″E / 29.914°N 102.234°E / 29.914; 102.234
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Prefecture-level cityGarzê
County seatLuqiao
Area
 • Total2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total86,234
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Major nationalities
Han - 78.2%
Tibetan - 16.0%
Yi - 4.8%
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
626100
Area code0836
Websitewww.luding.gov.cn
Luding County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese泸定县
Traditional Chinese瀘定縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLúdìng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylielcags zam rdzong
Tibetan PinyinJagsam Zong

Luding County (simplified Chinese: 泸定县; traditional Chinese: 瀘定縣; pinyin: Lúdìng Xiàn), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: lcags zam rdzong, ZYPY: Jagsam Zong), is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China.[1] Luding County covers an area of 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi), and has a population of 86,234 as of 2022.[1]

  1. ^ a b c 泸定简介 [Luding Introduction]. luding.gov.cn (in Chinese). Luding County People's Government. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

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