Lucheng, Kangding

Lucheng Subdistrict is one of two subdistricts of Kangding city in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China.^[1][2] Lucheng Subdistrict serves as the seat of the Kangding city government.^[3] As of 2010, the subdistrict has a population of 41,399 people.^[4]

Lucheng 炉城街道 · མདོ་ཁྲིན་རྡལ།
Subdistrict
Lucheng Subdistrict
View of Lucheng
Lucheng Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°03′19″N 101°57′53″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Autonomous prefecture	Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
County-level city	Kangding
Elevation	2,560 m (8,400 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	41,399
• Major Nationalities	Han Tibetan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	610000
Website	www.kangding.gov.cn

Lucheng/Dartsedo
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	炉城
Traditional Chinese	爐城
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lúchéng
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	打箭炉
Traditional Chinese	打箭爐
Postal	Tatsienlu
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dǎjiànlú
Tibetan name
Tibetan	མདོ་ཁྲིན།
Transcriptions Wylie mdo khrin Tibetan Pinyin Dochin

Administrative divisions

The subdistrict is divided into four neighborhood committees and ten village committees.^[5]

Transport

• China National Highway 318

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Sichuan

References

1. 2019年统计用区划代码. www.stats.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
2. 行政区划. Kangding City People's Government (in Chinese). 2019-07-05. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
3. 康定市概况地图. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
4. 康定市历史沿革. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
5. 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码. stats.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

Further reading

• Dorje, Gyurme (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 1-900949-33-4.
• Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2
• Kendall, Elizabeth (1913). A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Boston and New York.
• Leffman, David, et al. (2005). The Rough Guide to China. 4th Edition. Rough Guides, New York, London, Delhi. ISBN 978-1-84353-479-2.

External links

• Kangding City Government Website