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Langmusi Town (; ) is a small alpine town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, nestled in a valley shared between Gansu and Sichuan provinces in China and straddled by two large monastery complexes. Administratively, the town is part of Luqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu, although a small portion of the town in the south is actually located in Zoigê County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. The town is commonly visited by tourists making the overland trip between Sichuan and Gansu. Inhabitants of the town are primarily Tibetan.
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- Official name
- ལྷ་མོ་དགོན་
- Population
- 4276
- Area
- 570
- Elevation
- 3325
- Image
- Langmusi.jpg
- Dialing code
- 941
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- Langmusi
- native label
- ལྷ་མོ་དགོན་
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Langmusi Town (; ) is a small alpine town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, nestled in a valley shared between Gansu and Sichuan provinces in China and straddled by two large monastery complexes. Administratively, the town is part of Luqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu, although a small portion of the town in the south is actually located in Zoigê County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. The town is commonly visited by tourists making the overland trip between Sichuan and Gansu. Inhabitants of the town are primarily Tibetan.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial panorama of Langmusi. October 19, 2023. thumb|left|Aerial panorama of Langmusi as seen from its valley gorge. October 19, 2023. The town emerged around the Tibetan Buddhist temple, Langmu Temple () which was founded in 1748. At the time, Langmusi was located in the southern portion of the Amdo region of historical Tibet during Qing Dynasty rule.
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