Lhatse County
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Lhazê County 拉孜县 • ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་། |
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| 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
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.png) Location of Lhatse County within Tibet |
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 Lhazê County
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| Coordinates: 29°11′15″N 88°05′34″E / 29.18750°N 88.09278°E | |
| 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.
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.
Coordinates: 29°11′15″N 88°05′34″E / 29.18750°N 88.09278°E
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