Lhünzhub | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Translit Lang1: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Tibetan |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Wylie transliteration |
Translit Lang2: | Chinese |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Traditional |
Translit Lang2 Type1: | Simplified |
Translit Lang2 Type2: | Pinyin |
Pushpin Map: | China Tibet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tibet Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Lhasa Prefecture |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Lhünzhub County |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 29.9003°N 91.2594°W |
Lhünzhub, or Ganden Chökhor is a small town, the administrative center of Lhünzhub County in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China. It is located northeast of Lhasa.
Lhünzhub has jurisdiction over six villages, with a population of 7349 people, all ethnic Tibetan. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.There are of arable land producing barley, wheat, rape and other crops. The town has a primary school and a clinic. There is a small hydropower station.The town lies on the Pengbo River.
The average temperature is and the average annual precipitation is . January is the driest month, with no rainfall, and August is the wettest with an average of .