Riwoche County

Riwoche is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of in the , . The county lies in eastern Tibet and borders province to the north.
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  • Type: City with 8,400 residents
  • Description: County in Chamdo, Tibet, China
  • Also known as: Lei-wu-ch’i Hsien”, “Leiwuqi xian”, “Leiwuqi Xian”, “Rezhaka”, “Rivoche”, “Riwoché”, “Riwoqê”, “Riwoqe County”, “Riwoqê County”, “Riwoque”, “Sangduo”, “Seda Gongshe”, “桑多”, “桑多镇”, “热扎卡”, and “色达公社

Riwoche County

Latitude
31.2145° or 31° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
96.6009° or 96° 36′ 3″ east
Population
8,400
Elevation
4,450 metres (14,600 feet)
Open location code
8M3R6J72+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081728
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280141
Wiki­data ID
Q1026091
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Riwoche County” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: Lèiwūqí Xiàn
  • Chinese: Riwoqê Koān
  • Chinese: 类乌齐
  • Chinese: 类乌齐县
  • Chinese: 類烏齊
  • Chinese: 類烏齊縣
  • Dutch: Arrondissement Riwoqe
  • Dutch: Arrondissement Riwoqê
  • Dutch: Riboche Dzong
  • Dutch: Riwoche (arrondissement)
  • Dutch: Riwoche Dzong
  • Dutch: Riwoche
  • Dutch: Riwoqe Xian
  • Dutch: Riwoqê Xian
  • Dutch: Riwoqê Xiàn
  • French: Comte de Riwoqe
  • French: Comté de riwoqê
  • French: Leiwuqi
  • French: Riwoqê
  • French: xian de Riwoqê
  • French: Xian de Riwoqê
  • Gan Chinese: 类乌齐县
  • German: Leiwuqi
  • German: Riboche Dzong
  • German: Riwoqê
  • Italian: Contea di Riwoqê
  • Italian: Riwoqe
  • Italian: Riwoqê
  • Japanese: リウォチェ県
  • Japanese: 類烏斉県
  • Korean: 레이우치현
  • Korean: 리보체현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Riwoqê-koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Riwoqê
  • Norwegian: Riwoqê
  • Persian: شهرستان ریووچه
  • Polish: Riwoqê
  • Russian: Ривоче
  • Spanish: Riwoche
  • Swedish: Riwoche
  • Tibetan: Riwoqê Xian
  • Tibetan: Riwoqê
  • Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།
  • Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་
  • Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང
  • Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ
  • Ukrainian: Ривоче
  • Urdu: ریووچی کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Loại Ô Giới
  • Vietnamese: Riwoqe
  • Vietnamese: Riwoqê
  • Wu Chinese: 类乌齐县
  • Yue Chinese: 類烏齊

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