Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Image: Lhassa Potala
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Image: JARDINES DEL PALACIO DE NORBULINGKA panoramio
Image: Drepung Monastery (1)
Lhasa is a prefecture-level city, 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. Its urban center is Lhasa, with around 300,000 residents, which mostly corresponds with the administrative Chengguan District, while its suburbs extend into Doilungdêqên District and Dagzê District. The consolidated prefecture-level city contains additional five, mostly rural, counties.
View of Lhasa from Potala Palace
Lhasa River to the south of Lhasa
Pasturage in Doilungdêqên District
Black-necked cranes