Lhasa
prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lhasa (Standard Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; 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.
Lhasa
城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།  Chengguan | |
|---|---|
District | |
| 城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས | |
 From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa | |
.png) 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 |
| Area code | 891 |
| Website | www |
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