Chengguan District, Lhasa
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| Chengguan ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ 城关 | |
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| District | |
ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས 城关区 | |
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| Coordinates: 29°39′11″N 91°08′19″E / 29.65306°N 91.13861°ECoordinates: 29°39′11″N 91°08′19″E / 29.65306°N 91.13861°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 525 km2 (203 sq mi) |
| Population (2003 est.) | |
| • Total | 140,000 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://www.lasachengguan.gov.cn/ |
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| Simplified Chinese | 城关区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 城關區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས | ||||||||||||||
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Chengguan District is the main district of Lhasa, with a total area of 525 square kilometres (203 sq mi) and a 2003 population of 150000. Its name literally means "city pass district", referring to the city's location nestled between two mountain ridges.
Chengguan is part of the Lhasa City which consists of seven small counties: Lhünzhub County, Damxung County, Nyêmo County, Qüxü County, Doilungdêqên County, Dagzê County and Maizhokunggar County.
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