Lhünzê County

Lhünzê County
Lhünzê County; 隆子县 • ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
	County
	Location of Lhünzê County (red) within Shannan City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
	Lhünzê Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
	Coordinates: 28°49′56″N 93°16′25″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Shannan
Seat	Lhünzê
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Lhünzê County, (Tibetan: ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: lhun rtse rdzong, ZYPY: Lhünzê Zong ; Chinese: 隆子县; pinyin: Lóngzǐ Xiàn) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Part of Lhünzê County is under de facto control of India as part of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a disputed area between People's Republic of China and India.

Geography

Settlements

Mining Controversy

In 2018, the Chinese government launched large-scale investments into mining precious metals like gold and silver from the region. This followed reports that rare earth minerals valued at over $60 billion had been found. Reports suggest that the gold rush has led to an unprecedented influx of people into the region. This is perceived as China's plan to claim the disputed border with India (Arunachal Pradesh) could turn the region into "another South China Sea".[1]

References

Chen, Stephen (20 May 2018). "Beijing gold rush 'risks turning Himalayas into new South China Sea'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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[1] Chen, Stephen (20 May 2018). "Beijing gold rush 'risks turning Himalayas into new South China Sea'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 December 2019.