Shigatse

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Shigatse is a major city and prefecture-level administrative region in southwestern Tibet, known as an important cultural and religious center and the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama.

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Label Occurrences
Shigatse canonical 1
Shigatse Prefecture-level City 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
city
prefecture-level city
administrativeLevel prefecture-level
borders Nepal NERFINISHED
capitalOf Shigatse Prefecture-level City NERFINISHED
climate high-altitude cold semi-arid climate
connectedBy Friendship Highway NERFINISHED
connectedTo China–Nepal border NERFINISHED
Lhasa NERFINISHED
contains Tashilhunpo Monastery NERFINISHED
country China
distanceFrom approximately 250 km southwest of Lhasa
dominantEthnicGroup Tibetans NERFINISHED
economicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
tourism
elevation approximately 12400 feet
approximately 3800 meters
governedAs prefecture-level city of Tibet Autonomous Region
governs several counties in southwestern Tibet
hasAdministrativeCenter Samzhubzê District NERFINISHED
hasAirport Shigatse Peace Airport NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic sparsely populated rural hinterland surrounding urban core
hasRailwayConnection Lhasa–Shigatse railway NERFINISHED
hasRole important cultural center in Tibet
important religious center in Tibet
hasTitle second-largest city in Tibet
hasTourismAttraction Tashilhunpo Monastery NERFINISHED
traditional Tibetan old town
historicalRegion Tsang NERFINISHED
knownAs Rikaze NERFINISHED
Xigazê NERFINISHED
localLanguage Tibetan
locatedIn Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
southwestern Tibet NERFINISHED
locatedOn Yarlung Tsangpo River NERFINISHED
near Mount Everest region NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Standard Chinese
partOf China
surface form: People's Republic of China
regionType historical and cultural region of Tsang
religiousAffiliation Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED
religiousInstitutionTypePresent Gelug school monasteries
religiousSignificance seat of Panchen Lama at Tashilhunpo Monastery
timeZone China Standard Time
traditionalSeatOf Panchen Lama NERFINISHED
utcOffset +8

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Nagqu Prefecture-level City borderingRegion Shigatse
this entity surface form: Shigatse Prefecture-level City