Luding County

Luding County
County
Chinese transcription(s)
• Characters	泸定县
• Pinyin	Lúdìng Xiàn
Luding Bridge crossing the Dadu River
Location in Sichuan
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture	Garzê
County seat	Luqiao Town (泸桥镇)
Area
• Total	2,165 km2 (836 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	80,000
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han - 84.86% Tibetan - 10.06% Yi - 4.4%
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	626100
Area code	0836
Website	http://www.luding.gov.cn

Luding County (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ཟམ།, Chagsam; Chinese: 泸定县; pinyin: Lúdìng Xiàn, Tibetan Jagsamka) is a part of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Chinese Province of Sichuan. Luding County covers an area of 2,165 km² and has a population of approximately 80,000 (at the end of 2004). The census in the year 2000 recorded a population of 77,855.

Administrative divisions

Luding County contains four towns and eight townships:

• Luqiao Town (泸桥镇), 19,459 inhabitants (2000), seat of the county government;
• Lengqi Town (冷碛镇), 8,900 inhabitants (2000);
• Xinglong Town (兴隆镇), 9,522 inhabitants (2000);
• Moxi Town (磨西镇), 6,794 inhabitants (2000);
• Lan'an Township (岚安乡), 2,789 inhabitants (2000);
• Pengba Township (烹坝乡), 4,156 inhabitants (2000);
• Tianba Township (田坝乡), 4,124 inhabitants (2000);
• Chuni Township (杵坭乡), 2,966 inhabitants (2000);
• Jiajun Township (加郡乡), 3,873 inhabitants (2000);
• Dewei Township (德威乡), 4,602 inhabitants (2000);
• Xinxing Township (新兴乡), 4,568 inhabitants (2000);
• Detuo Township (得妥乡), 6,102 inhabitants (2000)

Ethnic Composition of the Population of Luding County (2000)

A Census in the year 2000 counted 77,855 inhabitants in total.

Ethnic Group	Inhabitants	Portion
Han	66,066	84.86%
Tibetan	7,834	10.06%
Yi	3,424	4.4%
Mongols	253	0.32%
Others	278	0.36%

Transport

• China National Highway 318

External links

• Official Website (Chinese)
• Website (Chinese)