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Image:Lhasa_Valley_in_Tibet.jpg|thumb|300px|Lhasa is located in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet. Lhasa (pop. 200,000 but growing rapidly); Tibetan: ལྷ་ས, Traditional Chinese: 拉薩, Simplified Chinese: 拉萨, Hanyu Pinyin: Lās?), sometimes called Llasa, is the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and is the traditional capital of Tibet. It is also the traditional home of the Dalai Lama. Lhasa means "Place of the Gods". Its altitude is approximately 3,650 meters (12,000 ft) above sea level. Local historical records stated that the 33rd Yarlung King, Songsten Gampo shifted the Tibetan capital to Lhasa. In the first half of the 20th century several western List of explorers|explorers made celebrated journeys to the city, including Francis Younghusband, Alexandra David-N?el and Heinrich Harrer. Image:Potala_Palace_PD.jpg|framed|left|The Potala Palace in Lhasa is a World Heritage Site. Currently, 87% of the city's population consist of ethnic Tibetan people|Tibetans. Recently, a large influx of the Han Chinese from the mainland have settled in the area, many of whom play an important role in Lhasa's economy. The Potala Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; other important buildings are the Jokhang, the Norbulingka, Drepung monastery and Sera monastery. A 1,080-km (670-mile) Qinghai-Tibet Railroad to Lhasa is currently under construction.
pic china-geo-stub Category:Cities in China Category:Holy cities bo:ལྷ་ས། da:Lhasa de:Lhasa es:Lhasa fr:Lhassa nl:Lhasa ja:ラサ (チベット) pl:Lhasa sv:Lhasa zh:拉萨 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lhasa".
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