Litang ( Tib. ལི་ ཐང , Wiley : li´ thang , Chinese.. П , pinyin : Lǐtáng , pall .: Litan ) is located in the Gardze-Tibet Autonomous Region in Sichuan province in China . The county government is located in the village of Litang .
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Population
According to the 2001 census , 45,500 people live in the county.
History
Several famous Buddhist teachers were born here, in particular the Dalai Lama VII and Dalai Lama X , four Pabals , the prototype of the legendary King Gesar [1] .
The Lihua County (裹 化 县) was formed in 1906, and the Lihua Government (裹 化 府) was established in 1912. After the Xinhai Revolution , administrative structure reform was carried out in China, and in 1913 the government was transformed into Lihua County (理化 县).
In 1939, the province of Sikan was created and the county became part of it.
In April 1950, the Kandin Special Region (康定 专区) was formed as part of the Sikan Province, and the county became part of it; in December 1950, the Kandin Special Region was renamed the Tibet Autonomous Region of Sikan (西康省 藏族 自治区). In 1951, Lihua County was renamed Litang in honor of the famous monastery.
In the 1950s, Litang was one of the main hotbeds of Tibetan armed resistance against Chinese occupation. The Chushi Gandruk group acted here (four rivers, six ranges).
In 1955, the province of Sikan was disbanded, and the district was transferred to the province of Sichuan; since Sichuan already had a Tibet Autonomous Region , the former Tibet Autonomous Region of Sikan changed its name to Gardze-Tibet Autonomous Region.
Administrative Division
The county consists of 2 villages and 22 volosts .
Buddhist Monasteries
There are many famous Buddhist monasteries in the county.
- Litang Chode Monastery (also Ganden Tubchen Chökhorling) in the Litang village of the Gelug school, one of the oldest monasteries in Tibet.
Transport
- Godao Motorway 318
Notes
- ↑ Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet 6th Edition, p. 260. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8 .
Literature
- Tsering Shakya : The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 , London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
Links
- Litang - information about the territory, population and history of changes in the administrative-territorial division on the site 行政 区划 网(Chinese)