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Lhasa
Lhasa:''This is about the capital city of Tibet. For other meanings of '''Lhasa''', see Lhasa (computing), Lhasa de Sela (singer) or Lhasa apso (dog breed).''
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 language|Tibetan: ལྷ་ས, Traditional Chinese: 拉薩, Simplified Chinese: 拉萨, Hanyu Pinyin: Lāsà), 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", although in Old Tibetan documents it is written Rasa either 'place of the goat' or 'place of a courtyard'. Its altitude is approximately 3,650 meters (12,000 ft) above sea level.
== History ==
Legend has it that the second Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo|Srong-brtsan-sgam-po made Lhasa his capital. But contemporary documents (e.g. The Old Tibetan Annals) show that the empire was ruled from a moving capital.
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-Néel and Heinrich Harrer.
== Geography ==
== Economy ==
Image:Potala_Palace_PD.jpg|framed|left|The Potala Palace in Lhasa is a World Heritage Site.
== People ==
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.
== Culture ==
== Tourism ==
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.
==References==
*Das, Sarat Chandra. 1902. ''Lhasa and Central Tibet''. Reprint: Mehra Offset Press, Delhi. 1988.
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