Lucheng, Kangding

This article is about the town. For the city, see Kangding.
Lucheng
炉城镇 · མདོ་ཁྲིན་རྡལ།
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Lucheng

Location in Sichuan

Coordinates: 30°03′19″N 101°57′53″E / 30.05528°N 101.96472°E / 30.05528; 101.96472Coordinates: 30°03′19″N 101°57′53″E / 30.05528°N 101.96472°E / 30.05528; 101.96472
Country 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 www.kangding.gov.cn
Lucheng
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 炉城
Traditional Chinese 爐城
Tibetan name
Tibetan མདོ་ཁྲིན།

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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