Lhasa

Lhasa (Tibetan: [ལྷ་ས།] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); 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.

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District
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Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow) Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Coordinates: 29°39′N 91°07′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.xzcgq.gov.cn

Lhasa Media

• Songstengampo.jpg

  Songsten Gampo of Tibet

• Lhasa gateway 1905.png

  Lhasa's (western gate)- the Tibetans called this chorten, Pargo Kaling pictured here at the time of the 1904 British expedition to Tibet.

• Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-07-089, Tibetexpedition, Mönche mit Blasinstrumenten.jpg

  • For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
• On 26 October 1951, the advance troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched into Lhasa with red flags in their hands.

• Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG

  Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery. The Potala Palace rises above the old city.

• Map of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region in 1973 detail, from- NH-46-9 Lasa Tibet (cropped).jpg

  Map including Lhasa (DMA, 1973)

• View from Potala Palace.jpg

  View from Potala Palace

• IMG 0996 Lhasa Barkhor.jpg

  An elderly Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel on the street in Chengguan District, Lhasa