Lhasa

District in Tibet, China

Lhasa 拉萨市 城关区 ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས། · ल्हासा Chengguan, Chênggoin, Chengguān
District
District of Chengguan of the City of Lhasa
Potala Palace Jokhang Temple Norbulingka palace Drepung Monastery The Barkhor
Lhasa Location in Tibet Show map of Tibet Lhasa Lhasa (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Tibet government): 29°39′14″N 91°7′3″E / 29.65389°N 91.11750°E / 29.65389; 91.11750
Country	China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Lhasa
District seat	Gyirai Subdistrict
Area
• District	525 km2 (203 sq mi)
• Urban  [1][2]	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)[2]	464,736
• Major Ethnic groups	Tibetan; Han; Hui; Nepali
• Languages	Tibetan; Mandarin
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	850000
Area code	891
Website	www.cgq.gov.cn (in Chinese)

Lhasa
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	拉萨
Traditional Chinese	拉薩
Literal meaning	(in Tibetan) "Place of the Gods"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lāsà Bopomofo ㄌㄚ   ㄙㄚˋ Wade–Giles La1-sa4 IPA [lá.sâ]
Historical Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	逻些
Traditional Chinese	邏些
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luóxiē Bopomofo ㄌㄨㄛˊ   ㄒㄧㄝ Wade–Giles Lo2-hsieh1 IPA [lwǒ.ɕjé]
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ལྷ་ས་
Transcriptions Wylie lha sa THL Lhasa Tibetan Pinyin Lhasa Lhasa IPA [l̥ásə] or [l̥ɜ́ːsə]

Chengguan District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	城关区
Traditional Chinese	城關區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chéngguān Qū Bopomofo ㄔㄥˊ   ㄍㄨㄢ   ㄑㄩ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Cherngguan Chiu Wade–Giles Chʻeng2-kuan1 Chʻü1 Yale Romanization Chénggwān Chyū IPA [ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.kwán tɕʰý]
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།
Transcriptions Wylie khrin kon chus Tibetan Pinyin Chingoin Qü

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.

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