Lhari County

Lhari County (Chinese: 嘉黎县; pinyin: Jiālí Xiàn; Tibetan: ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།, Wylie: lha ri rdzong, ZYPY: Lhari Zong ) is a small county within the prefecture-level city of Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Lhari County

嘉黎县ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།
Location of Lhari County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhari
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 31°05′22″N 92°54′02″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
SeatLhari Town
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

The 11th Dalai Lama was born in Lhari County, as were both of the rival candidates for the position of the current Panchen Lama.[1]

Administrative divisions

The county contains the following township-level divisions and principal settlements:

  • Lhari Town (嘉黎镇)
  • Arza Town (阿扎镇)
  • Rongdoi Township (绒多乡)
  • Xarma Township (夏玛乡)
  • Lingti Township (林堤乡)
  • Cora Township (措拉乡)
  • Codoi Township (措多乡)
  • Zhongyu Township (忠玉乡)
  • Zabbe Township (藏比乡)
  • Goqung Township (鸽群乡)

Villages

One of the villages in the county is Bagar.

References

  1. Zhong, Zhang (1995-12-29). "Six-Year-Old Becomes The 11th Panchen Lama". China Tibet Information Center. Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. Retrieved 2010-07-12.


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