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་།
County
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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