Overview of Lhasa

Lhasa, also known as the sunshine city, is the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is an international tourism city with snowy plateau and national characteristics approved by the State Council. As of 2018, the city has three districts and five counties under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 29518 square kilometers, a built-up area of 82.82 square kilometers, a permanent population of 543500, an urban population of 330000, and a urbanization rate of 46%.

    Lhasa is located in the southwest of China, the middle of Tibet Plateau, the north side of the Himalayas, and the valley plain of the middle reaches of Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Through this, Lhasa River flows into the Yarlung Zangbo River in the south suburb. It is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Tibet, as well as the holy land of Tibetan Buddhism. With an altitude of 3650 meters, it is sunny all year round, with few rainfall, no severe cold in winter, no hot summer, and pleasant climate. The annual sunshine time is more than 3000 hours, known as "sunshine city". Lhasa is rich in all kinds of resources. Compared with the whole country and other cities in the autonomous region, Lhasa has obvious resource advantages.

    Lhasa is one of the first national historical and cultural cities. Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and customs, and strong religious color. In the 7th century A.D., Songzanganbu unified Tibet and moved the political center from Shannan to Lhasa. It has successively won the honorary titles of China's excellent tourist city, the favorite tourist city of European tourists, national civilized city, China's most secure City, top 200 charming cities with Chinese characteristics, top 200 charming cities with world characteristics, and China's 100 cities in 2018.

     In 2017, Lhasa reexamined and confirmed to continue to retain the honorary title of national civilized city. On April 2, 2018, the Ministry of science and technology and the national development and Reform Commission released a list of supporting a new group of cities to carry out innovative city construction, including 17 cities in China, Lhasa. In November 2018, it was selected as the top 100 in China's urban comprehensive well-off index.