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Lhasa
拉萨市 城关区
ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས། · ल्हासा
Chengguan, Chênggoin, Chengguān
District
District of Chengguan of the City of Lhasa
Lhasa
Potala Palace
Lhasa
Jokhang Temple
Lhasa
Norbulingka palace
Lhasa
Drepung Monastery
Lhasa
The Barkhor
Map
Lhasa is located in Tibet
Lhasa
Lhasa
Location in Tibet
Lhasa is located in China
Lhasa
Lhasa
Lhasa (China)
Coordinates (Tibet government): 29°39′14″N 91°7′3″E / 29.65389°N 91.11750°E / 29.65389; 91.11750
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityLhasa
District seatGyirai Subdistrict
Area
 • District525 km2 (203 sq mi)
 • Urban
 [1][2]
168 km2 (65 sq mi)
Elevation
3,656 m (11,995 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • District464,736
 • Density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2020)[2]
464,736
 • Major Ethnic groups
Tibetan; Han; Hui; Nepali
 • Languages
Tibetan; Mandarin
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
850000
Area code891
Websitewww.cgq.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Lhasa
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese拉萨
Traditional Chinese拉薩
Literal meaning(in Tibetan) "Place of the Gods"
Historical Chinese name
Simplified Chinese逻些
Traditional Chinese邏些
Tibetan name
Tibetanལྷ་ས་
Chengguan District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese城关区
Traditional Chinese城關區
Tibetan name
Tibetanཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།

Lhasa,[a] officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City,[b] is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.[4]

Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of 3,656 metres (11,990 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world. The city has been the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces.

  1. ^ "Lhasa City Master Plan". gov.cn. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 84.
  3. ^ "Lhasa". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions". China.org.cn. Retrieved 17 May 2014.


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