Lhari County

Lhari County (Tibetan: ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 嘉黎县) is a small county within the prefecture-level city of Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Lhari County
嘉黎县ལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།
Location of Lhari County (red) within Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhari
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhari
Lhari (China)
Coordinates: 31°05′22″N 92°54′02″E
CountryChina
Autonomous RegionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
County seatArza
Area
  Total13,068.68 km2 (5,045.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total38,797
  Density3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xzjial.gov.cn
Lhari County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese嘉黎县
Traditional Chinese嘉黎縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanལྷ་རི་རྫོང་།

The 11th Dalai Lama was born in Lhari County, as were both of the rival candidates for the position of the current Panchen Lama.

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