Lhasa

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Lhasa is the historic and spiritual center of Tibet, renowned for its ancient monasteries and the Potala Palace, former residence of the Dalai Lama.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lhasa canonical 25
Lhasa Prefecture-level City 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
administrativeDivision Chengguan District
averageAnnualSunshine over 3000 hours
capitalOf Tibet Autonomous Region
climate cold semi-arid climate
connectedBy Qinghai–Tibet Railway
contains Drepung Monastery
Ganden Monastery
Jokhang Temple
Norbulingka
Potala Palace
Ramoche Temple
Sera Monastery
country China
elevation approximately 3650 meters
formerResidenceOf Dalai Lama
governingBody Lhasa Municipal Government
hasAirport Lhasa Gonggar Airport
hasRailwayStation Lhasa Railway Station
historicalSignificance center of Tibetan administration
center of Tibetan monastic life
historicRole political center of Tibet
spiritual center of Tibet
locatedIn Tibet Autonomous Region
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas
locatedOnRiver Lhasa River
majorReligion Buddhism
nickname Roof of the World
NorbulingkaStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
notableSquare Potala Palace
surface form: Potala Palace Square
pilgrimageCircuit Barkhor
pilgrimageSite Jokhang Temple
PotalaPalaceStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
primaryLanguage Tibetan
region Southwest China
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism
secondaryLanguage Mandarin Chinese
standardRomanization Lhasa self-link
TibetanMeaning place of the gods
TibetanName ལྷ་ས་
timeZone China Standard Time
traditionalArchitectureFeature flat roofs
prayer flags
whitewashed stone buildings
UNESCOSiteComponent Potala Palace
surface form: Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace
UTCOffset +8

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tibet Autonomous Region locatedIn Lhasa
subject surface form: Potala Palace
Tibet Autonomous Region locatedIn Lhasa
subject surface form: Jokhang Temple
Lhasa standardRomanization Lhasa self-link
Potala Palace locatedIn Lhasa
Potala Palace overlooks Lhasa
Jokhang Temple locatedIn Lhasa
Jokhang Temple city Lhasa
Southwest China majorCity Lhasa
Pokhara hasSisterCity Lhasa
Tibetan Empire (indirectly via alliances) capital Lhasa
subject surface form: Tibetan Empire
Bogd Khan birthPlace Lhasa
Lhasa de Sela thirdAlbum Lhasa
Nagqu Prefecture-level City borderingRegion Lhasa
this entity surface form: Lhasa Prefecture-level City