Luding County

The Luding county ( Tib: lcags zam, Tibetan: . ལྕགས་ཟམ་, Cagsam, Chinese泸定 县, Pinyin Luding Xiàn ), named after the iron bridge located there, belongs to the Autonomous District Garzê of Tibetans in the Chinese province of Sichuan. Luding has an area of ​​2165 km ² and 80,000 inhabitants ( end of 2004). At the census in 2000 were still counted 77,855 inhabitants.

The iron chain bridge, Tib: lcags zam, since 1961 is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 1-22).

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, Luding is composed of four large municipalities and eight municipalities. These are:

  • Greater community Luqiao (泸 桥镇), 19 459 inhabitants ( 2000), the capital, the seat of county government;
  • Greater community Lengqi (冷 碛 镇), 8,900 inhabitants (2000);
  • Greater community Xinglong (兴隆 镇), 9,522 inhabitants (2000);
  • Greater community Moxi (磨 西 镇), 6,794 inhabitants (2000);
  • Lan'an community (岚 安 乡), 2,789 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Pengba (烹 坝乡), 4,156 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Tianba (田 坝乡), 4,124 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Chuni (杵 坭 乡), 2,966 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Jiajun (加 郡 乡), 3,873 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Dewei (德威 乡), 4,602 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Xinxing (新兴 乡), 4,568 inhabitants (2000);
  • Community Detuo (得 妥 乡), 6,102 inhabitants ( 2000).

Ethnic structure of the population Ludings (2000)

At the census in the year 2000 77.855 inhabitants were counted in Luding.

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