Luoruo
Luoruo is a locality in Ganzi, Sichuan and has an elevation of 3,765 metres. Luoruo is situated nearby to the town Nupzur, as well as near the hamlet Dongqing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
Larung Gar Buddhist Academy
College
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In 1980, Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok founded Larung Gar, which was officially named by the 10th Panchen Lama in 1987 as Serta Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy, also known of in Tibetan: བླ་རུང་ལྔ་རིག་ནང་བསྟན་སློབ་གླིང་།, ZWPY: Serta Larung Ngarig Nangdän Lobling, located in the Larung Valley near the township of Larung in Sêrtar County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province, known of as Kham. Larung Gar Buddhist Academy is situated 4 km east of Luoruo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nupzur.
Nupzur
Town
Larung Gar in the Larung Valley is a community in Sêrtar County of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan, China, known as Amdo. Larung Gar is the local name for the community of mostly Tibetan and Han Chinese students which grew around the Serta Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy, founded in 1980 by Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok. Nupzur is situated 3 km southeast of Luoruo.
Luoruo
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Lorog”
- Location: Ganzi, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.1516° or 32° 9′ 6″ northLongitude
100.427° or 100° 25′ 37″ eastElevation
3,765 metres (12,352 feet)Open location code
8P425C2G+JRGeoNames ID
1802243
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In Other Languages
“Luoruo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛若”
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