Lhatse County
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Lhatse County is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was established in 1959, with Lhatse Town as the county seat. In 1968, Quxar Town became the county seat.[2][3]
Quick Facts Lhazê County 拉孜县 • ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།, Country ...
Lhazê County
拉孜县 • ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་། Lhatse, Liza | |
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![]() Old Lhatse Monastery | |
![]() Location of Lhatse County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and Tibet | |
Coordinates: 29°11′15″N 88°05′34″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture-level city | Xigazê |
County seat | Quxar |
Area | |
• Total | 4,488.7 km2 (1,733.1 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 56,355 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 拉孜县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 拉孜縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan | ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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Lhatse County, has a population of some 50,000 and is about 200 kilometers from Mount Everest (or Chomolungma). It is among the most impoverished counties in China.[4]