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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.
Lhasa is the capital and largest city in Tibet. Founded in the A.D. 5th century and largely closed to foreigners until the early 1980s, it is a holy Buddhist city dominated by Potala Palace, the former home of the Dalai Lama, and full of prayer wheels and prayer flags (colorful pieces of rag are tied on to strings).
The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China.It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994.
In September 2001, the Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone was officially approved by the State Council as a state-level development zone. [2] Located in the Doilungdêqên, Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, it is situated south of Jinzhu West Road, east of the West Main Drainage Canal, south of the Lhasa River extending to Shakku, and west to Naiqiong Township.
Lhasa is the urban district of the City of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Lhasa may also refer to: Places. Lhasa (city), the larger administrative region ...
The Lhasa dialect is usually described as having two tones: high and low. However, in monosyllabic words, each tone can occur with two distinct contours. The high tone can be pronounced with either a flat or a falling contour, and the low tone can be pronounced with either a flat or rising-falling contour, the latter being a tone that rises to ...
The district lies on both sides of the middle reaches of the Lhasa River. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the east of the city of Lhasa in Chengguan District. Zhanang County is to the south, Maizhokunggar County to the east and Linzhou County to the north. [3] The total area of the district is 1,373 square kilometres (530 sq mi).
Lhasa — the historical and spiritual capital city of Tibet, and provincial-level capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region and a prefecture-level city. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.