Lhasa
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城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།  Chengguan | |
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| 城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས | |
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.png) Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow) | |
| Coordinates: 29°39′N 91°07′E / 29.650°N 91.117°ECoordinates: 29°39′N 91°07′E / 29.650°N 91.117°E | |
| Country |  China |
| Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| Government | |
| • Type | District (China) |
| • Mayor (of prefecture-level city) | Zhang Tingqing |
| • Deputy mayor (of prefecture-level city) | Jigme Namgyal |
| Area | |
| • District | 525 km2 (203 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 77.88 km2 (30.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,656 m (11,995 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • District | 279,074 |
| • Density | 531.6/km2 (1,377/sq mi) |
| • Major Ethnic groups | Tibetan; Han; Hui |
| • Languages | Tibetan Mandarin Jin language (Hohhot dialect) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 850000 |
| Website | www |
Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.
Lhasa Media
Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery. The Potala Palace rises above the old city.
Map including Lhasa (DMA, 1973)
View from Potala Palace
An elderly Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel on the street in Chengguan District, Lhasa
Mendicant monk in Chengguan District, Lhasa
Woman with son busking in Chengguan District, Lhasa, 1993
Banak Shöl Hotel, Lhasa, Tibet
Tibetan dancing in Lhasa, Tibet
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References
- ↑ Lhasa City Master Plangov.cn. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
