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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