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Lhasa 城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས། Chengguan
District
城关区 • ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས
From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Coordinates: 29°39′N 91°07′E / 29.650°N 91.117°E / 29.650; 91.117
Country	China
Region	Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level city	Lhasa
Government
• Type	District (China)
• Mayor (of prefecture-level city)	Zhang Tingqing
• Deputy mayor (of prefecture-level city)	Jigme Namgyal
Area
• District	525 km2 (203 sq mi)
• Urban [1]	77.88 km2 (30.07 sq mi)
Elevation	3,656 m (11,995 ft)
Population  (2010)
• District	279,074
• Density	531.6/km2 (1,377/sq mi)
• Major Ethnic groups	Tibetan; Han; Hui
• Languages	Tibetan Mandarin Jin language (Hohhot dialect)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	850000
Area code	891
Website	www.xzcgq.gov.cn

Lhasa (Standard Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.

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