Lhasa
Lhasa (/ˈlɑːsə/; Standard Tibetan: ལྷ་ས [l̥ɛː˥˥.sa˥˥], lit. 'Place of Gods') is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhasa City is equivalent to the administrative borders of Chengguan District (simplified Chinese: 城关区; traditional Chinese: 城關區; pinyin: Chéngguān Qū), which is part of the wider prefectural Lhasa City.
Lhasa
城关区 · ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས། Chengguan, Chênggoin | |
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Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa City (yellow) | |
Lhasa Location in Tibet Lhasa Lhasa (China) | |
| Coordinates (Tibet government): 29°38′55″N 91°07′03″E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| District seat | Gyirai Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • District | 525 km2 (203 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,656 m (11,995 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • District | 464,736 |
| • Density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2020) | 464,736 |
| • Major Ethnic groups | Tibetan; Han; Hui |
| • Languages | Tibetan Mandarin |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 850000 |
| Area code | 891 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 拉萨 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 拉薩 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | (in Tibetan) "Place of the Gods" | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 逻些 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 邏些 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ལྷ་ས་ | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 城关区 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 城關區 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས། | ||||||||||||||||
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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.