Luqu County
ཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་། · 碌曲县
Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling (Taktsang Lhamo Monastery)
Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling (Taktsang Lhamo Monastery)
Luqu County (pink) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Luqu County (pink) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Luqu is located in Gansu
Luqu
Luqu
Luqu is located in China
Luqu
Luqu
Coordinates (Luqu government): 34°35′27″N 102°29′23″E / 34.5909°N 102.4896°E / 34.5909; 102.4896
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
County seatLhamo (Langmusi)
Area
  Total5,298.6 km2 (2,045.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
  Total35,871
  Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747200
Websitewww.luqu.gov.cn
Luqu County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese碌曲县
Traditional Chinese碌曲縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།

Luqu County (Chinese: 碌曲县, Tibetan: ཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།) is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the southeast and Qinghai to the west. Its postal code is 717200, and in 1999 its population was 30,039 people.[3] The word "Luqu" derived from the Tibetan name of Tao River.

Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling (Ganden Shedrub Pekar Drolwailing), a Gelug monastery located in Lhamo (Langmusi), was founded in 1748. It became the seat of the Kirti incarnation line.[4][5]

Administrative divisions

Luqu County is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.[6]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Lhamo Town
(Langmusi)
郎木寺镇 Lángmùsì Zhèn ལྷ་མོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། lha mo grong rdal 623026100
Ma'ngê Town
(Ma'ai)
玛艾镇 Mǎ'ài Zhèn མ་ངེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། ma nge grong rdal 623026101
Xicang Town 西仓镇 Xīcāng Zhèn ཤིས་ཚང་གྲོང་རྡལ། shis tshang grong rdal 623026102
Co'nyin Town
(Gahai)
尕海镇 Gǎhǎi Zhèn མཚོ་ཉིན་གྲོང་རྡལ། mtsho nyin grong rdal 623026103
Samca Town
(Shuangcha)
双岔镇 Shuāngchà Zhèn ཟམ་ཚ་གྲོང་རྡལ། zam tsha grong rdal 623026104
Townships
Larigü Township
(Larenguan)
拉仁关乡 Lārénguān Xiāng བླ་རི་མགུལ་ཤང་། bla ri mgul shang 623026202
Ala Township 阿拉乡 Ālā Xiāng ཨ་ལ་ཤང་། a la shang 623026204

Climate

Climate data for Luqu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2)
17.2
(63.0)
22.3
(72.1)
26.6
(79.9)
26.4
(79.5)
26.4
(79.5)
29.8
(85.6)
28.8
(83.8)
28.0
(82.4)
24.4
(75.9)
16.9
(62.4)
16.4
(61.5)
29.8
(85.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.7
(36.9)
5.2
(41.4)
8.4
(47.1)
12.6
(54.7)
15.5
(59.9)
17.9
(64.2)
20.2
(68.4)
20.1
(68.2)
16.5
(61.7)
11.7
(53.1)
7.8
(46.0)
4.1
(39.4)
11.9
(53.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.2
(17.2)
−4.9
(23.2)
−0.5
(31.1)
4.2
(39.6)
7.8
(46.0)
11.0
(51.8)
13.1
(55.6)
12.5
(54.5)
9.0
(48.2)
3.6
(38.5)
−2.3
(27.9)
−7.0
(19.4)
3.2
(37.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −16.1
(3.0)
−12.4
(9.7)
−7.0
(19.4)
−2.3
(27.9)
1.8
(35.2)
5.6
(42.1)
7.6
(45.7)
7.3
(45.1)
4.3
(39.7)
−1.6
(29.1)
−9.0
(15.8)
−14.6
(5.7)
−3.0
(26.5)
Record low °C (°F) −26.1
(−15.0)
−24.2
(−11.6)
−22.9
(−9.2)
−12.9
(8.8)
−9.4
(15.1)
−3.1
(26.4)
−0.6
(30.9)
−3.0
(26.6)
−6.0
(21.2)
−14.3
(6.3)
−19.8
(−3.6)
−25.8
(−14.4)
−26.1
(−15.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.3
(0.21)
6.5
(0.26)
16.8
(0.66)
31.6
(1.24)
73.5
(2.89)
91.8
(3.61)
119.1
(4.69)
112.3
(4.42)
95.4
(3.76)
47.1
(1.85)
7.3
(0.29)
2.2
(0.09)
608.9
(23.97)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.6 6.1 9.8 11.9 17.2 20.0 17.8 17.4 18.0 14.8 4.7 2.7 145
Average snowy days 7.4 8.9 13.7 11.3 4.8 0.6 0.1 0 1.1 9.8 6.9 5.3 69.9
Average relative humidity (%) 51 52 57 60 65 71 74 76 77 72 60 51 64
Mean monthly sunshine hours 202.5 183.1 198.9 203.3 201.4 177.6 193.4 190.4 149.4 175.4 204.6 211.0 2,291
Percent possible sunshine 64 59 53 52 46 41 44 46 41 51 67 69 53
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

Transport

See also

References

  1. "甘南州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Gannan Prefecture. 2021-05-27.
  2. "klu chu rdzong. TBRC Resource ID G2201". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  3. China Historical GIS
  4. "stag tshang lha mo dgon, TBRC Resource ID G3278". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-10-05. (also called: stag tshang lha mo dgon, lha mo dgon, stag tshang lha mo gser khri dgon, dga' ldan bshad sgrub pad dkar grol ba'i gling, stag tshang lha mo gse khri dgon dga' ldan bshad sgrub pad dkar grol ba'i gling, 郎木寺, 噶丹雪珠贝噶卓卫林, langmu si)
  5. "Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  6. "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  8. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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