Lhasa

Summary

Lhasa is a prefecture-level city^[1]. Lhasa draws 1,739 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lhasa was a member of Wetland City Network^[3].
• Lhasa is located in Tibet Autonomous Region^[4].
• Lhasa is in the country of People's Republic of China^[5].
• Lhasa's head of government is recorded as Q124293424^[6].
• Lhasa's instance of is recorded as prefecture-level city^[7].
• Lhasa's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Lhasa's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Lhasa's instance of is recorded as city-state^[10].
• Lhasa's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[11].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lhasa District^[12].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lhünzhub County^[13].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Damxung County^[14].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nyêmo County^[15].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Qüxü County^[16].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Doilungdêqên District^[17].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dagzê District^[18].
• Lhasa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Maizhokunggar County^[19].
• Lhasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Beit Shemesh^[20].
• Lhasa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Elista^[21].
• Lhasa's legislative body is recorded as Q106704936^[22].
• Lhasa's postal code is recorded as 850000^[23].
• Lhasa's Commons category is recorded as Lhasa (prefecture-level city)^[24].
• Lhasa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+08:00^[25].
• Lhasa's local dialing code is recorded as 891^[26].
• January 1, 633 marks the founding of Lhasa^[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 633 marks the founding of Lhasa^[27].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'zh-cn', 'text': '拉萨市'}^[28] and {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Lhasa include Qingzang railway^[30], a railway line^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 1984^[33] and Lhasa Gonggar International Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in People's Republic of China^[36].

Why It Matters

Lhasa draws 1,739 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture_level_city category, ranking #45 of 278).^[2] Lhasa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Lhasa is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Lhasa include Qingzang railway^[30], a railway line^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 1984^[33] and Lhasa Gonggar International Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in People's Republic of China^[36].