Litang County
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Litang (Tibetan: ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 理塘县) is in southwest of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
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Litang County
理塘县 • ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་། | |
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Coordinates (Litang County government): 29°59′39″N 100°16′09″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Sichuan |
Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
County seat | Tochong (Litang) |
Area | |
• Total | 13,677 km2 (5,281 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,954 m (12,972 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 67,293 |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | litang |
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Simplified Chinese | 理塘县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 理塘縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan | ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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Litang is part of Kham in the Tibetan cultural zone, and several famous Buddhist figures were born here, including the 7th Dalai Lama, the 10th Dalai Lama, the 11th Tai Situpa, four of the Pabalas, as well as the 5th Jamyang Zhépa of Labrang Monastery. Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, returned here and built Kampo Nénang Monastery and Pangphuk Monastery. It also has strong connections with the eponymous hero of the Epic of King Gesar.[2]