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.
All labels observed (2)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shigatse Prefecture-level City