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Lhasa

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Also known as Lhasa City, Lhassa, Lhasa Prefecture-Level City, Lhasa, Tibet, Lhasa Prefecture, Lasa, Lassa, Lla-Ssa

prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet

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Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, serving as its main political and administrative center. It holds significant cultural and religious importance as a major center of Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan identity.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Country
China
Population
867891
Area
29634.01
Elevation
4150
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Capital of
Khoshut Khanate
Official website
www.lasa.gov.cn/tibetan
Image
Lhasa from Potala.JPG
Dialing code
891
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different from
Lhasa District
native label
ལྷ་ས་
category for people born here
Category:Births in Lhasa
category of associated people
Category:People from Lhasa
topic's main category
Category:Lhasa
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Lhasa
twinned administrative body
Elista
Commons category
Lhasa (prefecture-level city)
Commons gallery
拉萨 ལྷ་ས་
postal code
850000
inception
0633-01-01
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
present in work
Civilization V
P12749
1968
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Encyclopedic overview

Also known as Simplified Chinese逻些 Traditional Chinese邏些

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