Lhari County (; ) is a small county within the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

Nagqu Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...

in the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of � ...

. The

11th Dalai Lama Khedrup Gyatso (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856) was the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was recognised as the Eleventh Dalai Lama in 1840, having come from the same village as Kelzang Gyatso, the seventh Dalai Lama, had in 1708. In 1841, Pald ...

was born in Lhari County, as were both of the rival candidates for the position of the current Panchen Lama.

Administrative divisions

The county contains the following township-level divisions and principal settlements: *

Lhari Town Lhari () is a small town and seat of Lhari County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It is located northeast of Lhasa, southeast of Nagchu Town, southwest of Banbar Town and north of Gongbo'gyamda. In 2004 it had a ...

() *

Arza Arza (; ) is a small populated town and township, east of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the Pe ...

Town () * Rongdoi Township () * Xarma Township () * Lingti Township () * Cora Township () * Codoi Township () * Zhongyu Township () * Zabbe Township () * Goqung Township ()

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Climate

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