page_title: Rutog County
hierarchical_section_title: Rutog County
caption_attribution_description: Location of Rutog County (pink) and Ngari Prefecture (yellow) within Tibet (Xizang) autonomous region of China
context_page_description: Rutog County is a county in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The county seat is Rutog, located some 1,140 km or 700 miles west- northwest of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Rutog County shares a border with India.
  The county has a rich history of folk tales, myths, legends, proverbs and folk songs and has many caves, rock paintings and other relics. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway runs through the Rutog County for 340 km. The county, established in March 1961 covers 74,500 km² but has a very low population density with a population of just over 10,000.
context_section_description: Rutog County (Tibetan: རུ་ཐོག་རྫོང་།, Wylie: ru thog rdzong, ZYPY: Rutog Zong) is a county in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The county seat is Rutog, located some 1,140 km (710 mi) or 700 miles west- northwest of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Rutog County shares a border with India.
  The county has a rich history of folk tales, myths, legends, proverbs and folk songs and has many caves, rock paintings and other relics. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway runs through the Rutog County for 340 km (210 mi). The county, established in March 1961 covers 74,500 km² (28,800 sq mi) but has a very low population density with a population of just over 10,000.
caption: Location of Rutog County (red) within Ngari Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
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