Name | Shigatse |
---|---|
Settlement type | County-level city |
Official name | Xigazê |
Translit lang1 | Tibetan |
Translit lang1 type | Tibetan |
Translit lang1 info | གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ |
Translit lang1 type | Tibetan(abbreviated) |
Translit lang1 info | གཞིས་་རྩེ་ |
Translit lang1 type1 | Wylie transliteration |
Translit lang1 info1 | gzhis ka rtse |
Translit lang2 | Chinese |
Translit lang2 type | Traditional |
Translit lang2 info | 日喀則 |
Translit lang2 type1 | Simplified |
Translit lang2 info1 | 日喀则 |
Translit lang2 type2 | Pinyin |
Translit lang2 info2 | Rìkāzé |
Pushpin map | China Tibet |
Pushpin map caption | Location in the Tibet Autonomous Region |
Coordinates region | CN-54 |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision type1 | Region |
Subdivision name1 | Tibet |
Subdivision type2 | Prefecture |
Subdivision name2 | Xigazê |
Subdivision type3 | Township-level divisions |
Subdivision name3 | 12 |
Seat | Chengbei Subdistrict |
Area total km2 | 3654.18 |
Population as of | 2008 |
Population total | 92000 |
Population density km2 | auto |
Area footnotes | |
Timezone | CST |
Utc offset | +8 |
Elevation m | 3836 |
Postal code type | Postal code |
Postal code | 857000 |
Area code | 0892 |
The city is located at an altitude of at the confluence of the Yarlung Zangbo (aka Brahmaputra) river and the Nyang River (Nyanchue) in west Tibet and was the ancient capital of Ü-Tsang province. It is also the name of the surrounding county.
There were two Dzongpöns for every Dzong—a lama (Tse-dung) and a layman. They were entrusted with both civil and military powers and are equal in all respects, though subordinate to the generals and the Chinese Amban in military matters. However, there were only one or two Ambans representing the Chinese emperor residing in Lhasa, directing a little garrison, and their power installed since 1728, progressively declined to end-up as observer at the eve of their expulsion in 1912 by the 13th Dalai Lama. In 1952, shortly after the PRC sent forces to the region, Shigatse had a population of perhaps 12,000 people, making it the second largest city in Tibet.
Shigatse has a monsoon-influenced, alpine version of a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with frosty, very dry winters and warm, wet summers. Temperatures are relatively moderate for the Tibetan Plateau, as the annual mean temperature is . Barely any precipitation falls from November to March, when differences between day and night can frequently exceed . Nearly two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone. Sunshine is abundant year-round, totalling 3248 hours annually.
! # | ! Name | ! Hanzi | ! Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan language>Tibetan | Wylie transliteration>Wylie | ! Population (2008 est.) | ! Area (km²) |
1 | 城北街道 | Chéngběi Jiēdào | ? | ? | 6000 | 70 | |
2 | 城南街道 | Chéngnán Jiēdào | ? | ? | 6000 | 90 | |
3 | Lian Township | 联乡 | Lián Xiāng | ? | ? | 5000 | 514 |
4 | Nianmu Township | 年木乡 | Niánmù Xiāng | ? | ? | 3000 | 330 |
5 | Jiangdang Township | 江当乡 | Jiāngdāng Xiāng | ? | ? | 5000 | 304 |
6 | Bianxiong Township | 边雄乡 | Biānxióng Xiāng | ? | ? | 4000 | 230 |
7 | Dongga Township | 东嘎乡 | Dōnggā Xiāng | ? | ? | 9000 | 428 |
8 | Nierixiong Township | 聂日雄乡 | Nièrìxióng Xiāng | ? | ? | 5000 | 555 |
9 | Jiacuoxiong Township | 甲措雄乡 | Jiǎcuòxióng Xiāng | ? | ? | 12000 | 471 |
10 | Qubuxiong Township | 曲布雄乡 | Qǔbùxióng Xiāng | ? | ? | 5000 | 310 |
11 | Qumei Township | 曲美乡 | Qǔměi Xiāng | ? | ? | 6000 | 356 |
12 | Na'er Township | 纳尔乡 | Nà'ěr Xiāng | ? | ? | 2000 | 207 |
The castle was totally dismantled, rock by rock, by hundreds of Tibetans at the instigation of the Chinese in 1961. Between 2005 and 2007, the building was reconstructed, financed by donations from Shanghai. The basis of the reconstruction were old photos, yet reconstruction was executed in cement/concrete. Afterwards, the outside was to be wainscotted with natural stones. The dzong which, in the 17th century, clearly was taken as example when the Potala palace was constructed in Lhasa, is set to become a museum for Tibetan culture.
Nearby attractions include:
Category:Populated places in the Xigazê Prefecture
bo:གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། cs:Žikace de:Xigazê (Stadt) es:Shigatse fr:Shigatse ko:르카쩌 시 it:Shigatse lt:Šigadzė nl:Shigatse (stad) ja:シガツェ市 no:Xigazê (Xigazê) pl:Xigazê pt:Shigatse ru:Шигадзе sv:Shigatse ug:Rékazé shehiri zh:日喀则市This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
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