Lhatse County

Lhazê County
拉孜县ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
County
Tibetan transcription(s)
  Tibetan ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་
  Wylie transliteration lha rtse rdzong
  official transcription (PRC) Lhazê
Chinese transcription(s)
  Simplified 拉孜县
  Pinyin Lāzī Xiàn

Old Lhatse Monastery

Location of Lhatse County within Tibet
Lhazê County

Location in Tibet

Coordinates: 29°11′15″N 88°05′34″E / 29.18750°N 88.09278°E / 29.18750; 88.09278
Country China
Province Tibet
Prefecture-level city Xigazê
Capital Lhatse
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Lhatse County is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It was established in 1959, with Lhatse Town as the county seat. In 1968, Quxia Town became the county seat.[1]

Lhatse County, has a population of some 50,000 and is about 200 kilometers from Mount Everest (or Chomolungma). It is among the most impoverished counties in China.[2]

Geography

Towns and townships

Transport

References

  1. 1 2 "Lhatse, Lhatse County – Lhatse Trip". China Travel Blogs – Tour-Beijing.com. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. "Move to hospital deliveries saves mothers, infants in Tibet." Xinhua Writers Bai Xu and Hu Xing. 25 Feb. 2009

Coordinates: 29°11′15″N 88°05′34″E / 29.18750°N 88.09278°E / 29.18750; 88.09278

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