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.

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་།

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 edit

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

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylieAdministrative division code
Towns
Lhamo Town
(Langmusi)
郎木寺镇Lángmùsì Zhènལྷ་མོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།lha mo grong rdal623026100
Ma'ngê Town
(Ma'ai)
玛艾镇Mǎ'ài Zhènམ་ངེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།ma nge grong rdal623026101
Xicang Town西仓镇Xīcāng Zhènཤིས་ཚང་གྲོང་རྡལ།shis tshang grong rdal623026102
Co'nyin Town
(Gahai)
尕海镇Gǎhǎi Zhènམཚོ་ཉིན་གྲོང་རྡལ།mtsho nyin grong rdal623026103
Samca Town
(Shuangcha)
双岔镇Shuāngchà Zhènཟམ་ཚ་གྲོང་རྡལ།zam tsha grong rdal623026104
Townships
Larigü Township
(Larenguan)
拉仁关乡Lārénguān Xiāngབླ་རི་མགུལ་ཤང་།bla ri mgul shang623026202
Ala Township阿拉乡Ālā Xiāngཨ་ལ་ཤང་།a la shang623026204

Climate edit

Climate data for Luqu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)4.66.19.811.917.220.017.817.418.014.84.72.7145
Average snowy days7.48.913.711.34.80.60.101.19.86.95.369.9
Average relative humidity (%)51525760657174767772605164
Mean monthly sunshine hours202.5183.1198.9203.3201.4177.6193.4190.4149.4175.4204.6211.02,291
Percent possible sunshine64595352464144464151676953
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

Transport edit

See also edit

References edit

  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.