# Luqu County

Luqu County (Chinese: 碌曲县, Tibetan: ཀླུ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།) is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the southeast and Qinghai to the west. Its postal code is 717200, and in 1999 its population was 30,039 people. The word "Luqu" derived from the Tibetan name of Tao River.
Kirti Namgyel Dechen Ling (Ganden Shedrub Pekar Drolwailing), a Gelug monastery located in Lhamo (Langmusi), was founded in 1748. It became the seat of the Kirti incarnation line.

## Administrative divisions

Luqu County is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code |
| Towns ||||||
| Lhamo Town (Langmusi) | 郎木寺镇 | Lángmùsì Zhèn | ལྷ་མོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | lha mo grong rdal | 623026100 |
| Ma'ngê Town (Ma'ai) | 玛艾镇 | Mǎ'ài Zhèn | མ་ངེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | ma nge grong rdal | 623026101 |
| Xicang Town | 西仓镇 | Xīcāng Zhèn | ཤིས་ཚང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | shis tshang grong rdal | 623026102 |
| Co'nyin Town (Gahai) | 尕海镇 | Gǎhǎi Zhèn | མཚོ་ཉིན་གྲོང་རྡལ། | mtsho nyin grong rdal | 623026103 |
| Samca Town (Shuangcha) | 双岔镇 | Shuāngchà Zhèn | ཟམ་ཚ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | zam tsha grong rdal | 623026104 |
| Townships ||||||
| Larigü Township (Larenguan) | 拉仁关乡 | Lārénguān Xiāng | བླ་རི་མགུལ་ཤང་། | bla ri mgul shang | 623026202 |
| Ala Township | 阿拉乡 | Ālā Xiāng | ཨ་ལ་ཤང་། | a la shang | 623026204 |

## Climate

Climate data for Luqu, elevation 3,191 m (10,469 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.4 (61.5) | 29.8 (85.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 7.8 (46.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) | −4.9 (23.2) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.0 (48.2) | 3.6 (38.5) | −2.3 (27.9) | −7.0 (19.4) | 3.2 (37.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) | −12.4 (9.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | −2.3 (27.9) | 1.8 (35.2) | 5.6 (42.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | −9.0 (15.8) | −14.6 (5.7) | −3.0 (26.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.1 (−15.0) | −24.2 (−11.6) | −22.9 (−9.2) | −12.9 (8.8) | −9.4 (15.1) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.6 (30.9) | −3.0 (26.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −14.3 (6.3) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −25.8 (−14.4) | −26.1 (−15.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.3 (0.21) | 6.5 (0.26) | 16.8 (0.66) | 31.6 (1.24) | 73.5 (2.89) | 91.8 (3.61) | 119.1 (4.69) | 112.3 (4.42) | 95.4 (3.76) | 47.1 (1.85) | 7.3 (0.29) | 2.2 (0.09) | 608.9 (23.97) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 145 |
| Average snowy days | 7.4 | 8.9 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 69.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 51 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 51 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.5 | 183.1 | 198.9 | 203.3 | 201.4 | 177.6 | 193.4 | 190.4 | 149.4 | 175.4 | 204.6 | 211.0 | 2,291 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 59 | 53 | 52 | 46 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 41 | 51 | 67 | 69 | 53 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transport

* China National Highway 213