(1)外文名称: Lhasa City
    (2)中文名称: 拉萨市
    (3)内容:
                         Lhasa City
   Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and located in the valley plain on the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River. It is geographically 90°07' E and 29°39'N and at an altitude of 3,658 m above sea level. Lhasa became the capital city in 1960, and administers seven counties of Doilungdeqen, Damxung, Nyemo, Quxu, Lhunzhub, Dagze and Maizhokunggar and Chengguan District.
It covers a total area of 29,518 sq km and has a dozen ethnic groups including the Tibetan, Han and Hui people with a combined population of 400,000,  87% of whom are Tibetans. The urban area totals 524 sq km, of which 51 sq km have been developed, and the urban population reaches 140,000.
   Lhasa has many sunny days with a little rainfall in a year, and is neither cold in winter nor hot in summer. It belongs to the plateau monsoon semi-arid climate with the highest temperature of 29°C and the lowest temperature of 16.5°C below zero. The average annual temperature is 7.4°C and the rainfall about 500 mm. Because of the annual sunshine period lasting for more than 3,000 hours, Lhasa is known as a "town full of sunshine". Picturesque Lhasa is famous for its long history, brilliant culture, unique ethnic customs and habits, numerous cultural relics and scenic spots and strong religious mentality. It is a member of the first group of the state historic and cultural cities designated by the State Council.
   Lhasa is rich in natural resources. The rivers in the
city (excluding the section of the Yarlung Zangbo River flowing across the city) have hydropower potential of 2.5478 million kilowatts. The annual potential thermal flux power-generating capacity of the geothermal field reaches 150,000 kilowatts, and that of natural thermal flux in the geothermal areas is 268,000 kw. The annual solar radiation value is 202 kilocalories per sq cm. Lhasa has discovered more than 30 types of minerals such as iron, copper, lead, gold, coal, corundum, plaster stone, sulfur and kaolin. The reserves of corundum and geothermal heat rank first in the country, natural sulfur third place, and kaolin fifth place. Lhasa has over 20 types of herbal medicines including Chinese caterpillar fungus, the bulb of fritillary, snow lotus and rhubarb, It abounds in animals and plants.
   The city's pillar industries range from mining, construction, building materials, tourism to ethnic minority handicrafts. The city has 39 major enterprises such as the Lhasa City Carpet Mill, the Cement Products Plant, the Jiama Chikang Ore-dressing Mill, the Arts and Handicrafts Mill and the Zhufeng Health Food Plant.
   The city has 150 km of urban roads, and two waterworks capable of supplying 70,400 tons of water daily and 16.78 million cu m of water annually. The tapped water availability in the city reaches 68%. The city has 1,490 buses with an annual transport capacity of 14.89 million people (times). Lhasa has 15,788 local telephone users and 2,012 mobile telephone users. It has 13.5988-ha gardens and tree-covered areas averaging 9.9 sq m per capita. The urban environment protection has reached the state-set second-class standard. It removes 210 tons of garbage with the daily garbage removal rate reaching 100%.