Lhasa

Lhasa (pop. 200,000) is the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, an administrative subdivision of the People's Republic of China.

The historic ensemble of the Potala Palace, in Lhasa, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A 670-mile-long Qinghai-Tibet railroad to Lhasa is currently under construction.

See also:

• Alexandra David-Néel

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Lhasa is also a computer program that decompress a compressed file in ZIP format.\n