Get to know Xinlong County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
- Chinese name
- 新龙县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 8,570.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 45,698
- Administrative seat
- Rinoi (Rulong)
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Cuoka Lake
Cuoka Lake (措卡湖) lies on the river’s western side in Mari Township (麻日乡), 32 kilometres from the county seat and at an elevation of 3,820 metres. It is a freshwater mountain lake surrounded by forest, with Cuoka Monastery (措卡寺), a Kagyu Buddhist monastery, beside it. The surrounding vegetation ranges from dry-valley shrubs to dark coniferous forest, alpine rhododendrons and high meadows.
Larima’s stone-slab village
Larima Stone-Slab Tibetan Village (拉日马石板藏寨) stands in Larima Town (拉日马镇) at around 3,600 metres. It lay on the Tea Horse Road (茶马古道) between Xinlong and Kangding (康定). The village setting combines mountains, water, forest and grassland. Elsewhere in Xinlong, most of the county’s more than sixty lakes occupy plateau surfaces above 4,000 metres.
Sources for this guide
新龙县概况 - 新龙县人民政府 · Xinlong County Government
拉日马石板藏寨 - 新龙县人民政府 · Xinlong County Government
措卡湖 - 新龙县人民政府 · Xinlong County Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
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Xinlong County 新龙县
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Getting there
Xinlong County is about 185 km in a straight line from central Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Search for 新龙县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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