Lhasa
Lhasa is a city and administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
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Lhasa is a city and administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
Population: 118,721
Latitude: 29° 38' 60.00" N
Longitude: 91° 05' 60.00" E
Articles of interest in Lhasa
27 Articles of interest near Lhasa, China
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The Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ, Wylie: Po ta la, ZYPY: Bodala) in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
Jokhang
The Jokhang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང།, Wylie: Jo-khang, ZYPY: Qokang; Chinese: 大昭寺; pinyin: Dàzhāo Sì), also called the Qokang Monastery, Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery or Zuglagkang (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌།, Wylie: gtsug-lag-khang, ZYPY: Zuglagkang…
Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery (Tibetan: སེ་ར་དགོན་པ, Wylie: se ra dgon pa "Wild Roses Monastery"; Chinese: 色拉寺; pinyin: Sèlā Sì) is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) north of Lhasa and about 5 kilometres (…
Norbulingka
Norbulingka (Standard Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཀ་; Wylie: Nor-bu-gling-ka; simplified Chinese: 罗布林卡; traditional Chinese: 羅布林卡; literally "The Jewelled Park") is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet, China, built from 1755. It served as the tra…
Ganden Monastery
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, China. It is in Dagzê County, Lhasa. It was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa, founded of the Gelug order. The monastery …
Namgyal Monastery
Namgyal (Tibetan: རྣམ་གྱལ།, Wylie: rnam rgyal) Monastery is a Tibetan buddhist monastery closely associated with all the Dalai Lamas since the third.
Lhasa Railway Station
Lhasa railway station (simplified Chinese: 拉萨站; traditional Chinese: 拉薩站; pinyin: Lāsà zhàn) is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Tsurphu Monastery
Tsurphu Monastery or Tölung Tsurpu (Wylie: stod lung mtshur phu) is a gompa which served as the traditional seat of the Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibet University
Tibet University is the largest university in Tibet.
Beer in Tibet
The production of beer in Tibet is a relatively recent phenomenon in Tibetan cuisine given the traditional prohibition of alcohol consumption in Tibetan Buddhism. The Chinese established the Lhasa Brewery Company in 1988, which is located in Lhasa.
Drapchi Prison
Drapchi Prison, or Lhasa Prison No.
Chokpori
Chokpori, Chagpori, Chagpo Ri (Wylie: lCags po ri, literally "Iron Mountain"; simplified Chinese: 药王山; traditional Chinese: 藥王山; pinyin: Yàowáng shān) is a sacred hill in the city of Lhasa in Tibet, China. It south of the Potala and just to the left…
Qüxü County
Qüxü County, or Qushui or Chushur or Chushul, is a county in the Lhasa prefecture-level city southwest of the main center of Lhasa, Tibet, China. It is mountainous in the northwest, flatter near the Lhasa River, which runs through the east of the co…
Lhasa West Railway Station
Lhasa west railway station (simplified Chinese: 拉萨西站; traditional Chinese: 拉薩西站; pinyin: lā sà xī zhàn) is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
Banak Shöl Hotel
Banak Shöl Hotel is a historic hotel in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China. It is located at 8 Beijing Road. The hotel is known for its distinctive wooden verandas.
Tsomon Ling
Tsomon Ling, Tsomonling, Tsome Ling, Chomoling (Tsho smon gling - pronounced 'Tsemonling') is a temple in inner Lhasa, Tibet, China, south of the Ramoche Temple, and on the corner of one of the main roads, Dekyi Shar Lam. It was one of the Four Roya…
Tromzikhang
Tromzikhang (Tibetan: ཁྲོམ་གཟིགས་ཁང་།; Wylie: khrom gzigs khang), is a historic building in Barkhor, Lhasa in Tibet, China. It is located northwest of Jokhang temple at the corner of the left side of Barkhor Tromshung Jang (street). It was demolishe…