| Qüxü County | |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་ |
| • Wylie transliteration | chu shur rdzong |
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| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Traditional | |
| • Simplified | 曲水县 |
| • Pinyin | Qūshuǐ Xiàn |
| China National Highway 318 between Doilungdêqên County and Qüxü County | |
| Location of Qüxü County within Tibet | |
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Qüxü County
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| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Lhasa Prefecture |
| Capital | Qüxü |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,624 km2 (627 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 32,150 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Qüxü or Qushui or Chushur or Chushul (Tibetan: ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་; Wylie: chu shur rdzong; simplified Chinese: 曲水县 ; pinyin: Qūshuǐ Xiàn) is a county west of the main centre of Lhasa, Tibet. As of 1999 it had a population of 32,150, with an area of 1624 square kilometers.[1] It has jurisdiction over 9 townships, and 114 village committees.[1]
In the Tibetan language it means "water ditch."[1] The lowest elevation is 3,500 meters, with the highest summit elevation of 5894 meters. It is a temperate semi-arid plateau monsoon climate zone with a lot of sunshine; 3,000 hours of annual sunshine hours on average and 150 days a year without snow.[1] Annual precipitation is 441.9 millimeters (17.40 in) and natural disasters such as flash floods, landslides, drought, sandstorms, pests and diseases are common.[1]
Mineral resources include mainly corundum, limestone, granite, peat and so on. Wild animals and plant resources include Himalayan blue sheep, pheasants, deer, leopard, black bear, Chinese caterpillar fungus, Fritillaria, Codonopsis, etc.[1]
Qüxü County is semi-agricultural and crops grown are mainly highland barley, winter wheat, spring wheat, peas, rapeseed. Animal husbandry is also strong, with the main animals farmed including yak, cattle, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys, pigs, and chickens. There are 14 small hydropower stations in Qüxü County with a total installed capacity of 1780 kilowatts, creating an annual four million kW·h of electricity.[1] There are also grain and oil processing plants and those who are employed in traditional handicrafts.
The capital town of Qüxü (Chushur) contains a notable prison, and as of 2009 incarcerated people such as Dolma Kyab. The Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul was born in the county in 1995.
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