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  2. Lhasa - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Lhasa (city) - Wikipedia

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    Lhasa [a] is a prefecture-level city, [b] one of the main administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.It covers an area of 29,274 square kilometres (11,303 sq mi) of rugged and sparsely populated terrain.

  4. 2025 Tibet earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Seismologists at the China Earthquake Networks Center said the mainshock originated within the Lhasa terrane, a crustal block that forms part of the plateau. [12] Geologic activity causes north–south compression and east−west extension within the plateau which are accommodated by faults. [13]

  5. Potala Palace - Wikipedia

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    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. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. [1]

  6. Lhasa Gonggar Airport - Wikipedia

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    Lhasa Gonggar Airport (IATA: LXA, ICAO: ZULS) is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.It is about 97 kilometres (60 mi) to Lhasa and about 62 kilometres (39 mi) southwest of the city in Gyazhugling, Gonggar County of Shannan.

  7. Architecture of Lhasa - Wikipedia

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    It was the Lhasa seat of the former State Oracle who had his main residence at Nechung Monastery. [23] It is said that Emperor Songtsän Gampo built the first building here and it is where the great Tibetan scholar, Thonmi Sambhota , completed his work developing the Tibetan alphabet in the first half of the 7th century.

  8. Qüxü County - Wikipedia

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    Qüxü County is a county in the Lhasa southwest of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet, China. It is mountainous in the northwest, flatter near the Lhasa River , which runs through the east of the county, and the Yarlung Tsangpo —forming the southern border.

  9. Dagzê, Lhasa - Wikipedia

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    Dagzê District is a district of Lhasa immediately east of the district of Chengguan, Tibet.The Lhasa River runs through the district. As of 2013 the total population was 29,152, mostly ethnic Tibetans engaged in agriculture.