Lhain Township (original) (raw)

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Township in Tibet, People's Republic of China

Lhain ལྷན་ · 联乡
Township
Lhain is located in TibetLhainLhainLocation within Tibet
Coordinates (Lhain Township government): 29°18′05″N 89°33′17″E / 29.3014°N 89.5548°E / 29.3014; 89.5548
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Tibet
Prefecture-level city Shigatse
District Samzhubzê
Area
• Total 514 km2 (198 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total 4,823
Major Nationalities Tibetan
Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Lhain (Tibetan: ལྷན་; simplified Chinese: 联乡; traditional Chinese: 聯鄉; pinyin: Lián Xiāng) is a village and township of Samzhubzê District (Shigatse City), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 4,823 and an area of 514 square kilometres (198 sq mi).[1] As of 2019[update], it had 16 villages under its administration.[2]

  1. ^ 桑珠孜区概况地图沿革 (in Chinese). xzqh.org. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:联乡. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.