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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.
The Qinghai-Tibet Highway (China National Highway 109) runs from east to west across the county. Damxung railway station links the county to the city of Lhasa to the south. [citation needed] There is a large geothermal field at Yangbajain harnessed by generating units that deliver 25,181 kilowatts to the city of Lhasa to the south. [70]
India: 4,226 metres (13,865 ft) Demchok, Ladakh / Dêmqog, Tibet India / China: Hamlet between Ladakh of India and Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The combined Chinese-Indian village has a population of about 150. [11] 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) Ngari (Shiquanhe), Tibet China: Population 10,282 (2010). [7] 4,170 metres (13,680 ft) Colquechaca ...
Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 藏区; pinyin: Zàngqū), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 470,000 sq mi (1,200,000 km 2). [2] It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.
The Tibet AR is dotted over with large and small lakes, ... CL cities; 540000 Tibet Autonomous Region ... (on southern Tibet's border with India) ...
The administrative center of the prefecture-level city is the Samzhubzê District.It is roughly equivalent to the historical Shigatse urban center, the second-largest city in Tibet, located about 280 km (170 mi) southwest of Lhasa and home to the Tashilhunpo Monastery, traditionally the seat of the Panchen Lama.
More than a hundred Tibetan refugees staged a protest in New Delhi on Friday, demanding that the "occupation" of their country by China be discussed during the two-day G20 summit in the city this ...
City / Prefecture County Town Altitude in meters Altitude in feet Lhasa: Chengguan District: 无: 3,650: 11,975.1 Dagzê County: Deqing: 3,706: 12,158.8 Maizhokunggar ...