Lhorong County

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Location in Qamdo Prefecture
Location in Qamdo Prefecture

Lhorong County, (Tibetan: ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་ Wylie lho rong rdzong; Chinese: 洛隆县; Pinyin: Luòlóng Xiàn) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The county covers an area of 8108 square kilometers and has a population of 36,000.The word Lhorong means "valley in the south" or "river in the south" in Tibetan. Some of Lhorong County's main mine are gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc among other minerals.