Lhasa Overview

Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, is the center of all regions' politics, economy, culture and the pivot of transportation. It was called Luoxie in ancient and built by the great hero of Tibetan-Songtsen Gampo. Lhasa is also a spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism. It located at north bank of Lhasa river which is Yarlung Zangbo River' tributary, south-eastern of Tibet Autonomous Region, east longitude 91°06'and north longitude2 9°36'.It east neighbors Nyingchi area, west continues the Rikeze area, north meets that tune area, south border with south mountainand the longest distance from south to north is 202km, the longest distance from east to west is 277km. The total area of administration region is 29 thousands square kilometers, and it contains 210 square kilometers urban area and 50 square kilometers completed city area. Presently, Lhasa governs 1 area 7 counties Chengguan district, Duilongdeqing county, qushui county, Dagze county, the Nimu county, Lin Zhou couty, the Maizhokunggar county, Dangxiong county and so on.
Its total population is 400 thousands. And there are some more than ten tribes, such as Tibetan tribe, Han tribe, Hui tribe and so on. Among them, the Tibetan population is eighty-seven percent of the total population.
Lhasa is situated at middle Tibet slightly south, reaches the middle and upper of Yarlung Zangbo River north and its branch-Lhasa river basin and northwestern area. The plateau temperate zone half arid monsoon climate, its characteristic is: the radiation is intense and the sunshine time is long, the sunshine time per year is above 3000 hours, so it gains the name " the sunlight city "; The average temperature is low, and the date temperature difference is big. In June, the average temperature is 15.7 ?, and the highest average temperature is 22.9 ?, June is the month which has the highest temperature in one year. January's mean temperature is -2 ?. In January, the lowest mean temperature is -9.7 ?. January is the lowest temperature month in one year. The extreme maximum temperature is 29.6 ? which appears in June, and the extreme lowest temperature -16.5 ? which appears in January. Summer does not have the high temperature, so here is the summer vacation paradise. The dry season and humid season are separated obviously. The precipitation is centralized in rainy season, and in the rainy season, the weather is often clear in daytime and rainy at night.
Lhasa, an old plateau city, leave a good impression to guests with its dear blue sky, the limpid river water, the fresh air and the pleasant environment. Lhasa is also a city with the fewest pollution and the best environment in China. It's water and the atmosphere quality are both extremely good. The atmospheric environment of Lhasa area basically has not been polluted. In the atmosphere of ur ban district the carbon dioxide each cubic meter is less than 0.1 milligram, which is greatly lower than the national standard.The population density in the town center is very big. Although the frequent religious activity forms many smoke dust, the total content of smoke dust in the atmosphere still maintained below 0.4 milligram each cubic meter.The Lhasa river water does not have metal trace element i.e. the lead, zinc, copper. The villages and towns across the rivers has not caused the pollution to the water.
In the north of Lhasa the Dangxiong, Nimu, pile of dragon DeQing, Lin Zhou, the Maizhokunggar district or country are along the south line of the North prairie. There the water and plant are lush, the animal husbandry is prosperous, which is rich in the cattle and sheep meats, the butter and the cow fabric, the wool; In the middle there is the famous Lhasa river; The Yarlung Zangbo River locates in the south, which is one of the best agricultural region in Tibet and is rich in the Tibetan barley, the wheat, the rapeseed and the legumes, " Lhasa one " the broad bean wins praises from our nation and abroad. There spread a number of geothermic hot spring with the economic value and the medical function around Lhasa. For example, the Qvshang hot springs in piles the dragon De Qing County, the Dezhong hot springs in Maizhokunggar County enjoy the reputation in the entire Tibetan area.