Is there a large population in Luolong County, Qamdo City, Tibet?
Population: about 40,000 people
Population density: 5 people/km2
Lollong County is located in the northeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the southwest of Qamdo Prefecture. The geographical coordinates are 95°20'-96°32' east longitude and 30°15'-31°15' north latitude. It faces Basu County across the river to the east, Bomi County to the south, Bianba County to the west, and Dingqing and Leiwuqi counties to the north. The maximum distance between the east and west of the county is 127 kilometers, and the maximum distance between the north and south is 105 kilometers. The total area is 8048.4 square kilometers. The total population is 40,000 (2003).
The County People’s Government is located in Zituo Town, Postal Code: 855400. Administrative division code: 542132. Area code: 0895. Pinyin: Luolong Xian. Administrative divisions
Luolong County Government website/.
Basic Overview
Luolong County is located in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the southwest of Qamdo Region, the southeastern end of the Nyainqentanglha Mountains, and the upper section of the Nu River Basin, between 30 degrees 15 minutes and 31 degrees north latitude 15 minutes, east longitude 95 degrees 10 minutes to 96 degrees 40 minutes. At an altitude of 3,640 meters, it is the political, economic and cultural center of the county. The county borders Basu County to the east, Bomi County to the south, Bianba County to the west, and Dingqing and Leiwuqi counties to the north. The maximum distance from east to west is 120 kilometers, and the maximum distance from north to south is 95 kilometers.
This county is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral county, covering an area of 8,184 square kilometers. The county has 88,800 acres of cultivated land, and the per capita occupation of cultivated land is 2.4 acres; the grassland area is 4.009 million acres, and the forest area is 24,797 hectares. The county governs 4 towns, 7 townships, 76 administrative villages, and 289 natural villages. Luolong County has a post office and a telecommunications office, and has opened domestic and international program-controlled telephones, faxes, telegraphs, postal services, 163 dial-up Internet services and other services. Luolong County currently has one county-level people's hospital (maternal and child health station, health and epidemic prevention station) and 11 county-level township health clinics with a total of 44 beds. The main equipment includes CT machines, B-ultrasound machines, X-ray machines and other modern medical equipment. There is a Tibetan medicine vocational class in the county middle school (taught by a well-known Tibetan doctor in Qamdo area, with more than 30 students) and some folk Tibetan medicines are developed to mainly serve the grassroots farmers and herdsmen. There are currently 1 junior middle school, 1 experimental central primary school, 8 township central primary schools, and 66 village-level teaching points. There are 1,370 students in junior high schools and 5,432 students in primary schools; there are 388 teaching staff in the county, 229 regular teaching staff, and 159 temporary and private teachers. The teaching method adopts Tibetan-Chinese bilingual teaching, and the current enrollment rate of school-age children is 99.66%.
The county has 1 county-level radio and television transmitting station (which can relay 22 cable TV programs, including 1 Luolong self-operated program, 3 wireless TV programs, and 3 FM stereo broadcasts) There are 10 radio and television transmitting stations at the township level, and the coverage of the "Village to Village" project in the county's 76 administrative villages is 100%. A three-level radio and television station (station) network with wide coverage at the county, township and village levels has been initially formed. Luolong County currently has financial institutions such as the Luolong County Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China and township credit cooperatives, which mainly provide services for farmers and herdsmen to develop deposits and loans for the agricultural and animal husbandry economy. The Post Office has launched a 24-hour electronic remittance service. Luolong County currently has 5 tourist accommodation places, including the County Government Guest House, the Agricultural Bank of China Guest House, the Civil Affairs Guest House, the Grain Bureau Guest House, and the Maintenance Section Guest House. There are more than 20 various small and medium-sized restaurants. There are currently more than 20 leisure, entertainment, cultural, film and television venues, such as Tashi Happy Langma Hall and Warm Weekend Dance Hall.
Physical Geography
Luolong is located in the middle reaches of the Nujiang River. The entire territory is a plateau mountainous area with high mountains and deep valleys, crisscrossing peaks and ravines, dense rivers, and complex and diverse terrain. It is high in the south and low in the north. It is fan-shaped and tilts toward the southeast, with peaks, rivers, grasslands, and forests coexisting side by side. The average altitude is 3200 meters, with a relative height difference of 2500 meters.
The main mountain ranges in Luolong County include the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, with the main peak at an altitude of 5,488 meters. Each mountain peak is covered with snow all year round, covered with snow, and is undulating.
Luolong is located in the middle reaches of the Nujiang River and is densely covered with rivers.
Nujiang River
The Nujiang River originates from the foothills of Tanggula Mountain in Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The upper reaches are called Heishui River, and the Tibetan people call it "Karaqu".
The Nu River flows through Tibet and enters Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County in Yunnan Province from Sichuan. It passes through Gongshan, Fugong and Lushui counties and then to Baoshan and Dehong, flows into Myanmar, and flows into the Indian Ocean. The process in Nujiang Prefecture is about 400 kilometers.
The Nu River flows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, like a blue ribbon on a green carpet. Before and after entering Basu in southern Tibet, she entered the unfathomable mountain canyon. It dropped again and again from an altitude of more than 3,000 meters to a deep trough with an altitude of more than 700 meters.
Luolong County is located in the central area of the county, Zituo Town on the banks of the Zhuomalangcuo River. It has a plateau temperate zone semi-arid monsoon climate. It has the characteristics of long sunshine time, low temperature, uneven distribution of precipitation, large temperature difference between day and night, small temperature difference between winter and summer, clear dry season and rainy season, and long and cold winter.
The annual average temperature in Luolong County is 5.1℃, and the maximum temperature (in July) is 14.5℃. The annual sunshine number is more than 2,500 hours, the frost-free period is about 120 days, the annual average rainfall is 439.7 mm, and the rainfall period is concentrated from June to August. The annual average relative humidity is 50-55%. The total annual solar radiation is 670.6 Joules/cm2. Hydrology: The main rivers in the territory include Nujiang, Requ, Maqu, Zhuomalangcuo River, Daqu, etc., with a total river length of 1,142 kilometers. The Nu River is more than 100 kilometers long within the territory. The total annual runoff of the county's rivers is 2.7 billion cubic meters. Mainly include drought, strong wind, flash flood, heavy rain, hail, frost, snow disaster, etc. Among them, drought, frost, and snow disasters occur more frequently, occurring once every three years on average.
The main mineral resources in Luolong County include gold, copper, lead, iron, zinc, mercury, arsenic and tin, cold water stone, marble, etc. Among them, the Yuqiao marble deposit is 10 kilometers long and 1 kilometer thick. The ore body is fine and dense in texture, mainly white and dark blocks. The white ore body accounting for 20% of the color is suitable for building decoration and electrical materials, and can be used with Marble from Baoxing County, Sichuan is comparable.
Wild animal resources mainly include dozens of species such as deer, bison, bear, deer, leopard, monkey, blue sheep, argali, wolf, fox, lynx, snow chicken, etc. The world's rare rare bird - shellfish Hens live in the alpine zone of the county.
Economic Overview
Luolong County has beautiful mountains and clear waters, rich products, luxuriant water and grass, fertile land, suitable for farming and animal husbandry, and is one of the commercial grain base counties in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, with equal emphasis on various economies. "Luolong tsampa and butter" are very popular inside and outside the region. All 11 towns in the county are part-agriculture and part-pastoral. There are currently four comprehensive agricultural development zones in the Zhuomalangcuo River Basin, Oxiba, and Lajiu Township. The main crops include spring wheat, winter wheat, spring highland barley, winter highland barley, peas, rape, potatoes, round roots, etc.; the main livestock products are Yak, sheep, goat, ox, horse, mule, pig, etc.
In 2002, the total grain output was 40.1919 million kilograms, the livestock population was 226,815 heads (horses), the total meat production was 3,378.24 tons, the total dairy products were 3,794.79 tons, 41,598 skins, and 31.63 tons of wool; The level of fiscal revenue is 1.96 million yuan. There are existing grain and oil processing plants, brick and tile factories, breeding plants and other enterprises. The ethnic handicraft industry is mainly engaged in the processing of gold, silver and ironware, the production of ethnic costumes and other ethnic handicrafts.
Administrative divisions
Luolong County governs 4 towns, 7 townships, and 76 administrative villages.
Zituo Town
The total population is 9,240.
Shuodu Town
The total population is 4,115.
Dalong Township
The total population is 1,390.
Xinrong Township
The total population is 3,227.
Baida Township
The total population is 687.
Mali Township
The total population is 3,719.
Yuxi Township
The total population is 1,108.
Kangsha Township
The total population is 4,880.
Zhongyi Township
The total population is 2,514.
Exi Township
The total population is 5,449.
Lajiu Township
The total population is 4,815.
Historical evolution
Luolong means "South Valley" or "Nanchuan" in Tibetan.
The current jurisdiction of Luolong County includes the jurisdiction of the original Luolong sect and Shuodu (also known as Shuodu) sect. During the Tang Dynasty, it was a territory belonging to Tubo. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was subordinate to Marshal Sidu's Mansion, the Xuanwei envoy of Tubo and other roads. In the late Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Changdu Temple. In the third year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1725), Emperor Yongzheng gave Luolong Zongguan to the Dalai Lama as an alms place, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Tibetan local government. Later, because of his meritorious service, the living Buddha Lin went to the mainland to meet the emperor, and the Tibetan local government made Shuodu the governor. The jurisdiction of the sect was transferred to Gongdelin, and the sect was directly appointed by Gongdelin.
The Lolong Dzong is still under the jurisdiction of the Tibetan landlord government, and the Dzong is appointed by the local government every three years. In November 1950, the Liberation Committees of the Luolong Sect and the Shuodu Sect were established respectively, under the jurisdiction of the Qamdo District Liberation Committee. In November 1959, the Luolong sect and the Shuodu sect merged to form Luolong County, which was affiliated to the Qamdo region. The county seat was moved from Kangsha to Zituo Town.
In April 2021, Luolong County ranked 56th on the 2021 Top 100 Counties and Cities with Chinese Specialty Food list.
In January 2021, "Xiaokang" magazine launched a list of the top 100 counties and cities for spring leisure in China in 2021, with Luolong County ranked 53rd.
In August 2019, the list of comprehensive demonstration counties for e-commerce in rural areas in 2019 was released, and Luolong County was included.
In February 2016, Luolong County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education nationwide in 2015.