| Karub District | |
| Other Name: | Karuo, Kharro, Chamdo |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Tibet#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Karub |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in the Tibet AR |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tibet |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chamdo |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Chengguan |
| Area Total Km2: | 10,793.22 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 148511 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 32.2761°N 97.2614°W |
| Tib: | མཁར་རོ་ཆུས། |
| Wylie: | mkhar ro chus |
| Zwpy: | Karub Qü |
| Thdl: | Kharro Qü |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 卡若区 |
| T: | 卡若區 |
| P: | Kǎruò Qū |
| J: | kaa1joek6 keoi1 |
Karub District[2] also known as Kharro or Karuo, is a district in Qamdo, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and the seat of government of Qamdo. Karuo has an area of 10,700 km2 and a population of 78,000, of which 90% are Tibetan. The average temperature is 7.6 °C, with average temperatures of −2.3 °C in January and 16.3 °C in July. The average precipitation is 467 mm per year.
Popular with tourists are the Galden Jampaling Monastery in the capital and the salt mines and hot springs at Yangjing.
Karub administers 3 towns and 12 townships.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Population (2010)[3] | Area (km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||
| Chengguan Town | Chinese: 城关镇 | 2 | 195.39 | ||||
| Guro Town | Chinese: 俄洛镇 | 9 | 776.74 | ||||
| Karuo Town | Chinese: 卡若镇 | 11 | 649.42 | ||||
| Townships | |||||||
| Mongda Township | Chinese: 芒达乡 | 8 | 440.24 | ||||
| Sagang Township | Chinese: 沙贡乡 | 42 | 589.70 | ||||
| Ormaika Township | Chinese: 若巴乡 | 1 | 897.33 | ||||
| Ngêxi Township | Chinese: 埃西乡 | 18 | 422.93 | ||||
| Ruxi Township | Chinese: 如意乡 | 4 | 329.80 | ||||
| Retong Township | Chinese: 日通乡 | 0 | 546.76 | ||||
| Cêrwai Township | Chinese: 柴维乡 | –6 | 946.19 | ||||
| Toba Township | Chinese: 妥坝乡 | 3 | 1,769.10 | ||||
| Karma Township | Chinese: 嘎玛乡 | 7 | 498.93 | ||||
| Mainda Township | Chinese: 面达乡 | 2.5 | 1,085.23 | ||||
| Yorba Township | Chinese: 约巴乡 | 6 | 486.81 | ||||
| Latog Township | Chinese: 拉多乡 | 13 | 1,728.35 | ||||