Luqu

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : ཀླུ་ ཆུ་ རྫོང་
Wylie transliteration : klu chu rdzong
Official transcription of the PRCh : Luqu
THDL transcription : Luchu
Chinese name
Traditional : 碌曲縣
Simplified : 碌曲县
Pinyin : Lùqǔ Xiàn

Location of the district of Luqu (pink) in the prefecture-level city of Gannan (yellow)

Luqu (also Luchu ) is a district of the Gannan Autonomous District of the Tibetans in the Chinese province of Gansu . It has an area of ​​5,298 km² and has around 30,000 inhabitants. Its main town is the large community of Ma'ngê (玛艾 镇).

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district consists of two large communities and five communities. These are (pinyin / chin.):

• Greater community Langmusi郎木寺镇
• Greater community Ma'ngê玛艾镇(Chinese Ma'ai )

• Community Gahai尕海乡
• Community Xicang西仓乡
• Community Larenguan拉仁关乡
• Shuangcha Township 双 岔 乡
• Municipality of Ala阿拉 乡

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

At the 2000 census, Luqu had 29,675 inhabitants.

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Tibetans	25,962	87.49%
Han	2.210	7.45%
Hui	1,418	4.78%
Dongxiang	17th	0.06%
Manchu	14th	0.05%
Bai	14th	0.05%
Do	13	0.04%
Bonan	12	0.04%
Mongols	6th	0.02%
Salar	3	0.01%
Others	6th	0.02%

Coordinates: 34 ° 23 '  N , 102 ° 28'  E