Lhünzhub, or Ganden Chökhor (, ) is a small town, the administrative center of
Lhünzhub County
Lhünzhub County, or Linzhou County ( zh, 林周县) is a county in Lhasa towards the north-east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China.
It covers an area of and as of 2000 had a population of 50,895 people, almost all classified as rural ...
in the
Lhasa Prefecture
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of
Tibet
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,
China
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. It is located northeast of Lhasa.
Lhünzhub has jurisdiction over six villages, with a population of 7349 people, all ethnic Tibetan.
The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.
There are of
arable land
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producing barley, wheat, rape and other crops.
The town has a primary school and a clinic. There is a small hydropower station.
The town lies on the
Pengbo River.
The average temperature is and the average annual precipitation is .
January is the driest month, with no rainfall, and August is the wettest with an average of .
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Populated places in Lhasa (prefecture-level city)
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Lhünzhub County
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