Lucheng, Kangding
| Lucheng 炉城镇 · མདོ་ཁྲིན་རྡལ། | |
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View of Lucheng | |
  Lucheng Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 30°03′19″N 101°57′53″E / 30.05528°N 101.96472°ECoordinates: 30°03′19″N 101°57′53″E / 30.05528°N 101.96472°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County-level city | Kangding |
| Elevation | 2,560 m (8,400 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Major Nationalities |
Han Tibetan |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 610000 |
| Website |
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| Simplified Chinese | 炉城 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 爐城 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | མདོ་ཁྲིན། | ||||||
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Lucheng synonymous referred as Kangding after the city of Kangding, is a town and the location of the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan province of Southwest China. The town occupies an area which is administratively part of urban Kangding, and it has around 100,000 inhabitants.
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Bibliography
- Dorje, Gyurme (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 1-900949-33-4.
- Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2
- Kendall, Elizabeth (1913). A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Boston and New York.
- Leffman, David, et al. (2005). The Rough Guide to China. 4th Edition. Rough Guides, New York, London, Delhi. ISBN 978-1-84353-479-2.
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