Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City in the Tibet Autonomous Region of southwestern China. It is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining, and at an altitude of 3,656 meters it is one of the highest cities in the world. The city has served as the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century and contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites, including the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and the Norbulingka Palaces; its total resident population was projected to reach 876,400 by the end of 2024.
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Source GeoNames: Lhasa - GeoNames
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1. Lhasa (Wikipedia)
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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.
2. GeoNames: Lhasa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1280737
29.65 91.1 P PPLA CN 14 5401 867900 3651 Asia/Shanghai
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Elevation ca. 3651 m
Capital Of: Tibet, cities500 record 1280737, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 14)
29.65 91.1 P PPLA CN 14 5401 867900 3651 Asia/Shanghai
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Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.75, 91.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.75, 91.25
29.75 91.25 Dwc
Wikidata: Lhasa
- Wikidata Q5869, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: China
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