Litang

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Location of Litang County within Sichuan
Farmhouse in Litang.

Litang ( Tibetan ལི་ ཐང ་. Wylie li thang ; and Lithang , Chinese  理塘县 , pinyin Lǐtáng Xiàn ) is a circle of the administrative territory of the Autonomous District Garzê of Tibetans in the northwestern Chinese province of Sichuan belongs. It has an area of ​​13,677 square kilometers and has a population of around 50,000 (2004). Its main town is the large community of Gaocheng (Gāochéng 高 城镇 ).

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district consists of one large community and twenty-three communities . These are (pinyin / chin.):

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

At the 2000 census, Litang had 49,453 inhabitants.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Tibetans 46.405 93.84%
Han 2,832 5.73%
Hui 98 0.2%
Bai 32 0.06%
Yi 28 0.06%
Mongols 11 0.02%
Uighurs 10 0.02%
Tujia 9 0.02%
Miao 6th 0.01%
Salar 4th 0.01%
Naxi 4th 0.01%
Others 14th 0.03%

See also

Web links

Commons : Litang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 29 ° 52 '  N , 100 ° 7'  E