Lhasa: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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|area_urban_km2 = 53523

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|population_total = 559423

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[[File:Lhasa, Tibet.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Lhasa sits in a flat river valley in the Himalaya Mountains]]

Lhasa Prefecture covers an area of close to {{convert|30000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It has a central area of {{convert|544523|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="China 2007 p. 88">''National Geographic Atlas of China'' (2007), p. 88. National Geographic, Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-4262-0136-3.</ref> and a total population of 500559,000423; 250279,000074 of its people live in the urbanbuilt-up (or metro) area<ref>http://www.geohive.com/cntry/cn-54.aspx</ref>. Lhasa is home to the [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]], [[Han (people)|Han]], and [[Hui people|Hui]] peoples, as well as several other ethnic groups, but overall the Tibetan ethnic group makes up a majority of the total population.

Located at the bottom of a small basin surrounded by the [[Himalaya Mountains]], Lhasa has an elevation of about {{convert|3600|m|ft|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}<ref>''National Geographic Atlas of China''. (2008), p. 88. National Geographic, Washington D.C. ISBN 978-1-4262-0136-3.</ref> and lies in the centre of the Tibetan Plateau with the surrounding mountains rising to {{convert|5500|m|ft|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}. The air only contains 68% of the oxygen compared to sea level.<ref name="Dorje 1999, p. 68">Dorje (1999), p. 68.</ref> The [[Kyi River]] (or [[Kyi Chu]]), a tributary of the [[Yarlung Zangbo River]], runs through the southern part of the city. This river, known to local Tibetans as the "merry blue waves", flows through the snow-covered peaks and gullies of the [[Nyainqêntanglha]] mountains, extending {{convert|315|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and emptying into the Yarlung Zangbo River at [[Qüxü County|Qüxü]], forms an area of great scenic beauty. The marshlands, mostly uninhabited, are to the north.<ref name="Barnett">{{cite book|last=Barnett|first=Robert |title=Lhasa: streets with memories|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MOCMLwQzD6kC&pg=PA42|year=2006|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=0-231-13680-3|page=42}}</ref> Ingress and egress roads run east and west, while to the north, the road infrastructure is less developed.<ref name="Barnett" />