Lhünzhub

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Lhünzhub
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Lhünzhub
Coordinates: 29°54′1″N91°15′34″E / 29.90028°N 91.25944°E / 29.90028; 91.25944
Country China
Province Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Lhasa Prefecture
County Lhünzhub County
Time zone CST (UTC+8)

Lhünzhub, or Ganden Chökhor (Tibetan : ལྷུན་གྲུབ, Chinese :甘丹曲果镇) is a small town, the administrative center of Lhünzhub County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. It is located northeast of Lhasa.

Simplified Chinese characters standardized Chinese characters developed in mainland China

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Lhünzhub County County in Tibet Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China

Lhünzhub County, also called Lhundrub or Linzhou County, is a county in Lhasa towards the north-east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China. It covers an area of 4,512 km2 (1,742 sq mi) and as of 2000 had a population of 50,895 people, almost all classified as rural. The southern portion, the Pengbo River Valley, contains fertile arable land, while the colder and more mountainous northern portion primarily supports grazing. The county has many monasteries, including the Reting Monastery.

Lhünzhub has jurisdiction over six villages, with a population of 7349 people, all ethnic Tibetan. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry. There are 27,640 acres (11,190 ha) of arable land producing barley, wheat, rape and other crops. The town has a primary school and a clinic. There is a small hydropower station. [1] The town lies on the Pengbo River.

Pengbo River river in Peoples Republic of China

The Pengbo River, or Peng Po, is a tributary of the Lhasa River that runs through the western part of Lhünzhub County, Lhasa municipality, Tibet, China.

The average temperature is 69 °C (156 °F) and the average annual precipitation is 414 millimetres (16.3 in). January is the driest month, with no rainfall, and August is the wettest with an average of 122 millimetres (4.8 in). [2]

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References

    1. Lhünzhub, Baidu Baike.
    2. Climate: ལྷུན་གྲུབ་ 甘丹曲果镇.

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