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Altitude of Lhasa, Tibet

It is 3950 meters above sea level. According to the information of Tibet Tourism Network, Lhasa, referred to as "La" for short, is the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, China, located in the middle of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the north side of the Himalayas, with an altitude of 3,650 meters. It is an international tourist city with plateau and ethnic characteristics, the political, economic, cultural and scientific education center of Tibet, and the holy land of Tibetan Buddhism. Lhasa is sunny all year round, with little rainfall, no severe cold in winter, no intense heat in summer and a pleasant climate. The annual sunshine time is more than 3000 hours, and it is known as the "Sunshine City". Lhasa is rich in all kinds of resources, which has obvious advantages compared with other cities in China and the autonomous region. Lhasa is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and strong religious color. In the 7th century, Songtsan Gampo unified Tibet and moved its political center from Shannan to Lhasa. 1951On May 23rd, Tibet was peacefully liberated and Lhasa became the capital of the autonomous region. 1960 the State Council officially approved Lhasa as a prefecture-level city. Lhasa has successively won the honorary titles of excellent tourist city in China, favorite tourist city for European tourists, national civilized city, safest city in China, top 200 charming cities with China characteristics, top 200 charming cities with world characteristics, and 20 18 trip to China 100 city. 20 18 was selected into the list of innovative city construction on April 2nd. 20 18/month, 1 1 month, selected as one of the top cities in China 100.