Riwoche County
Riwoche
类乌齐县 • རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་། Riwoqê | |
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Location of Riwoqê County within Tibet | |
| Coordinates (Riwoqê County government): 31°12′42″N 96°36′01″E / 31.2116°N 96.6002°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Chamdo |
| County seat | Sado |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,337.93 km2 (2,447.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 58,856 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | leiwuqi |
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| Simplified Chinese | 类乌齐县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 類烏齊縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Riwoche (Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 类乌齐县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county lies in eastern Tibet and borders Qinghai province to the north.
Riwoche is the name of the county, the county capital, and the small village where the main monastery is located. Riwoche sits at around 3,400 m (11,200 ft) above sea level. The Dzi River flows through the region. The county grows barley and wheat. Khampa inhabitants of the area lives in houses made of wood. The area is highly mountainous, and in contrast to the high altitude grasslands predominant in Tibetan Plateau, Riwoche is lush all year round with evergreen forests. Riwoche's climate is mild by Tibetan standards, with daytime high temperatures generally above −4 °C (25 °F) in winter and 20 °C (68 °F) in summer.