Litang County
Litang County is southwest of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan, China, in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. It contains 7 towns and a population of more than 60,000 in 2020.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 30,100 residents
- Description: county in Garzê, Sichuan, China
- Also known as: “Li-t’ang Hsien”, “Litang”, “litang xian”, and “Litang Xian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Litang Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Litang and Cunge Township.
Litang
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Litang, also Lithang, formally known as Gaocheng Town, is the county seat of Litang County, in western Sichuan Province, south-west China. Litang is a bustling little place with colorful street life thanks to the nomadic shepherds and Tibetan people coming here to sell and buy their products.
Cunge Township
Town
Cunge is a township in Litang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. In 2010, Cunge Township had a total population of 2,663: 1,364 males and 1,299 females: 787 aged under 14, 1,783 aged between 15 and 65 and 139 aged over 65.
Litang County
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Ganzi, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.9876° or 29° 59′ 15″ northLongitude
100.2668° or 100° 16′ 1″ eastPopulation
30,100Elevation
4,067 metres (13,343 feet)Open location code
7PX2X7Q8+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 4464321648OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1803228Wikidata ID
Q1014399
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Wu Chinese—“Litang County” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Літанг”
- Chinese: “Lí-tn̂g-koān”
- Chinese: “理化縣”
- Chinese: “理塘”
- Chinese: “理塘县”
- Chinese: “理塘縣”
- Czech: “Li-tchang”
- Danish: “Litang”
- Dutch: “Litang (arrondissement)”
- Dutch: “Litang”
- French: “Comte de Litang”
- French: “Comté De Litang”
- French: “Litang”
- French: “Lithang”
- French: “xian de Litang”
- French: “Xian de Litang”
- Gan Chinese: “理塘县”
- German: “Litang”
- German: “Lithang”
- Italian: “Contea di Litang”
- Japanese: “リタン”
- Japanese: “理塘”
- Japanese: “理塘県”
- Korean: “리탕현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lí-tn̂g-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litang”
- Norwegian: “Litang”
- Persian: “لیتانگ”
- Portuguese: “Litang”
- Russian: “Литанг”
- Spanish: “Litang”
- Swedish: “Litang”
- Tibetan: “ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་།”
- Ukrainian: “Літанг”
- Vietnamese: “Lý Đường, Garzê”
- Vietnamese: “Lý Đường”
- Wu Chinese: “理塘县”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 无量河社区 and 扎西村.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 理塘县藏医院 and Stupa Garden.
Ganzi: Must-Visit Destinations
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