Karuo District

Karuo 卡若区 • མཁར་རོ་ཆུས།
District
South of Karub
Location of Karub District within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 32°16′34″N 97°15′41″E / 32.27611°N 97.26139°E / 32.27611; 97.26139
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Chamdo
Seat	Chengguan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Karuo District (other spellings: Karub District, Kharro District (after THL transliteration of Tibetan)) is a district in Qamdo, the district is synonymous referred to as Chamdo, Qamdo, or Chengguan in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and the seat of government of Qamdo. Karuo has an area of 10,700 km² and a population of 78,000, of which 90% are Tibetan. The average temperature is 7.6 °C, with average temperatures of −2.3 °C in January and 16.3 °C in July. The average precipitation is 467 mm per year.^{[citation needed]}

Popular with tourists are the Galden Jampaling Monastery in the capital and the salt mines and hot springs at .^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions[]

Karuo administers 3 towns and 12 townships.

See also[]

• Chamdo

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Coordinates: 32°16′34″N 97°15′41″E / 32.27611°N 97.26139°E / 32.27611; 97.26139

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