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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.
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.
It was the largest palace complex ever built on Earth, [26] covering 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), which is 6.7 times the size of the current Forbidden City, or 11 times the size of the Vatican City. The Daming Palace was the imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty in Chang'an. It served as the imperial residence of the Tang emperors ...
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.
As Lhasa is a holy city for Tibetans, prostitution is particularly frowned upon by its Tibetan population, according to Lobsang Sangay. [42] In "Lhasa: the Death of the Soul", a 1994 article, William Hanks quotes a Buddhist monk's words: "A monk in a monastery doorway murmured to me 'It's a shame; we want these bars to close because they ...
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Ramoche Temple is considered the most important temple in Lhasa after the Jokhang Temple. Situated in the northwest of the city, it is east of the Potala and north of the Jokhang, [31] covering a total area of 4,000 square meters (almost one acre). Ramoche is considered to be the sister temple to the Jokhang which was completed about the same time.
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported.. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...