Lhari County

Lhari County
嘉黎县ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།
County

Location of Lhari County within Tibet
Lhari County

Location in Tibet

Coordinates: 31°05′22″N 92°54′02″E / 31.08944°N 92.90056°E / 31.08944; 92.90056
Country China
Province Tibet
Prefecture Nagchu Prefecture
Capital Lhari Town
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Lhari County (Chinese: 嘉黎县; Pinyin: Jiālí Xiàn; Tibetan ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་, Wylie lha ri rdzong) is a small county within the Nagchu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region

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:

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.

Coordinates: 31°05′22″N 92°54′02″E / 31.08944°N 92.90056°E / 31.08944; 92.90056

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