Located: Luding County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province Luding County is located at the western foothills of Erlang Mountain in western Sichuan Province and the southeastern part of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is bounded between the Qionglai Mountains and the Daxue Mountains. The Dadu River runs through the entire territory from north to south.

It is connected to Shimian County in the east, located at 101°46′-102°25′ east longitude and 29°54′-30°10′ north latitude.

It is 69.2 kilometers long from north to south and 49.9 kilometers wide from east to west. The county has a total area of ??2165.35 square kilometers (excluding the disputed area of ??198.48 square kilometers).

The county governs 4 towns, 8 townships, and 57 village committees, inhabited by 14 ethnic groups including Han, Tibetan, Yi, Hui, Qiang, Mongolian, Miao, and Naxi, with a total of 77,099 people (at the end of 2001).

The Sichuan-Tibet Highway passes through the northeast and is the choke point for entering Tibet and leaving Sichuan. It is known as the east gate of Garze Prefecture.

It is 285 kilometers away from the provincial capital Chengdu in the east, 49 kilometers away from Kangding, the seat of the state capital, in the west, 112 kilometers away from Shimian County in the south, and 125 kilometers away from Danba County in the north.

Luding County is located in the transition zone from the Sichuan Basin to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is affected by the dual influence of the southeast and southwest monsoons and the cold air of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The vertical climate difference is obvious. The area below 1,800 meters above sea level has a subtropical monsoon climate and is a famous dry and hot valley area.

The highest altitude in the county (Gongga Mountain) is 7556 meters.

The climate of Luding is neither severe cold in winter nor scorching hot in summer. Winters are dry and warm, with an average seasonal temperature of 7.5°C. Summers are cool and humid, with an average seasonal temperature of 22.7°C. The average annual temperature is 16.5°C, the average annual frost-free period is 279 days, and the average annual rainfall is 664.4 mm.

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There are flat dams, mesas, valleys, mountains and plains, and glaciers in the territory, which is rare in the world.

Luding County has a history of more than 2,000 years. In particular, the "Luding Bridge" personally gifted by Emperor Kangxi became famous both at home and abroad due to the glorious victory of the imperial army here, and became one of the first batch of key cultural relics in the country.

The urban cultural relics museum displays the circumstances before and after the establishment of the Soviet regime and the physical objects left by the Red Army in Luding. It is listed as a national defense education base.

The 31.25-meter-high "Monument to the Red Army's Capture of Luding Bridge" built in Shaba, Hexi serves as the basis for traditional revolutionary education for young people in the province. There are only four bridges across the Dadu River in the city (two of which are suspension bridges).

There is a Catholic church built by French priests for overseas students in Shaba, Hexi Province. It was used as the meeting place before the war when the Red Army captured Luding Bridge.

In the old city, there are the former residence of Comrade Zhu De when he passed through Luding during the Long March and the bow steel cable suspension bridge built when the 18th Army entered Tibet in 1951, both of which are listed as county-level cultural relics protection units.

The external transportation of Luding County mainly includes: National Highway 318 passes through the city. The transportation in the county is single, only road transportation.

The land for external transportation facilities is 7.03 hectares, with an average of 6.39 square meters per capita.

At the end of 2001, the total output value of industry and agriculture was 1.92 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 10.1778 million yuan, and the total output value of the commercial beverage industry was 4.31 million yuan.

There are many industrial enterprises at or above the township level. The industrial types are dominated by the food, machinery, and building materials industries. The key enterprises include breweries, machinery factories, leather factories, and stone factories.

Luqiao Town's external transportation links almost entirely rely on National Highway 318. This line runs along the east bank of the Dadu River and passes through the urban area at the head of the Iron Cable Bridge. It is an important link connecting the economy and commodity circulation inside and outside Luding.

Physical Geography Luding County is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and belongs to the deepest canyon area of ??the western Sichuan alpine plateau.

The landform types range from low and mid-mountain valley areas to high mountains and extremely high mountainous areas.

Luding County is located in the Hengduan Mountains on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is a typical alpine valley area.

The mountains run north-south, and the county is lined with high mountains, with deep valleys, steep walls, and interlaced ravines. Many peaks are over 4,000 meters high. Among them, Gongga Mountain in the southwest, bordering Kangding County, is its main peak, with an altitude of 7,556 meters, making it the highest peak in the province.

Known as the "King of Shu Mountain".

Erlang Mountain is 3,437 meters above sea level.

There are alternating ridges and valleys. The horizontal distance from the mountains to the Dadu River is no more than 10 kilometers, and the relative height difference between the ridges and valleys is more than 3,000 meters.

(The relative height difference from the main peak of Gongga Mountain to the Dadu River Valley is more than 6,500 meters), forming a special landform with large height difference, short slopes, steep slopes, high mountains and steep slopes, huge height differences, broken rock masses, and exposed rocks.

Luding County is located in the transition zone from the Sichuan Basin to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is affected by the dual influence of the southeast and southwest monsoons and the cold air of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The vertical climate difference is obvious. The area below 1,800 meters above sea level has a subtropical monsoon climate and is a famous dry and hot valley area.

The highest altitude in the county (Gongga Mountain) is 7556 meters.

The climate of Luding is neither severe cold in winter nor scorching hot in summer. Winters are dry and warm, with an average seasonal temperature of 7.5°C. Summers are cool and humid, with an average seasonal temperature of 22.7°C. The average annual temperature is 16.5°C, the average annual frost-free period is 279 days, and the average annual rainfall is 664.4 mm.

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There are flat dams, mesas, valleys, mountains and plains, and glaciers in the territory, which is rare in the world.

Mineral Resources The geological location of Luding County is on the northern edge of the Kangxi-Yunnan axis, on the east side of the north-south compression zone, and in the central and northern part of the ancient rift valley of the Panxi geological suture. Geological structures such as folds and faults are extremely developed within the territory, and are widely exposed in the area.

Various rock formations in various geological eras provide good geological mineralization conditions and sites for the formation of various minerals.

There are many types of minerals in the territory, with large reserves, high grade and great development potential. The mines that have been proven include: lead, zinc, chromium, tungsten, gold, mica, asbestos, manganese, marble, granite, white marble,

There are more than 30 kinds of mineral resources such as limestone, gypsum, coal, mineral water and hot springs.