Lhain Township

Lhain (Tibetan: ལྷན་ ; simplified Chinese: 联乡; traditional Chinese: 聯鄉; pinyin: Lián Xiāng) is a village and township of Samzhubzê District (Shigatse City), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 4,823 and an area of 514 square kilometres (198 sq mi).[1] As of 2019, it had 16 villages under its administration.[2]

Lhain

ལྷན་ · 联乡
Lhain
Location within Tibet
Coordinates (Lhain Township government): 29°18′05″N 89°33′17″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityShigatse
DistrictSamzhubzê
Area
  Total514 km2 (198 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total4,823
  Major Nationalities
Tibetan
  Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

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