Lucheng, Kangding

This article is about the town. For the city, see Kangding.

Lucheng 炉城镇 · མདོ་ཁྲིན་རྡལ།
Town
View of Lucheng View of Lucheng
Lucheng Location in Sichuan
Coordinates:
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lúchéng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	མདོ་ཁྲིན།
Transcriptions Wylie mdo khrin Tibetan Pinyin Dochin

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.

Transport

• China National Highway 318

References

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