Lhasa

Lhasa (forenklet kinesisk: 拉萨; tradisjonell kinesisk: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà; tibetansk: ལྷ་ས; Wylie: Lha-sa) er hovedstaden i den autonome regionen Tibet i det vestlige Kina. Befolkningen innen bygrensene anslås (2004) til 115 000 innbyggere.

Samferdsel 
Kinas riksvei 109 ender i Lhasa. Den løper vestover fra Beijing via Datong, Yinchuan, Lanzhou og Xining til Golmud før den vender sørvestover mot Lhasa.

Kinas riksvei 318, en av Folkerepublikken Kinas lengste hovedveier, løper gjennom området. Den begynner i Shanghai og fører blant annet innom Wuhan og Chengdu på sin vei inn i Tibet og Lhasa og helt frem til en kinesisk grenseovergang mot Nepal i Zhangmu.

Administrative enheter 
Byprefekturet Lhasa har jurisdiksjon over ett distrikt (区 qū) og 7 fylker (县 xiàn).

Litteratur 
 Das, Sarat Chandra. 1902. Lhasa and Central Tibet. Reprint: Mehra Offset Press, Delhi. 1988. ISBN 81-86230-17-3
 Dorje, Gyurme. 1999. Footprint Tibet Handbook. 2nd Edition. Bath, England. ISBN 1-900949-33-4. Also published in Chicago, U.S.A. ISBN 0-8442-2190-2.
 Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, p. 59. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0 (ppk).
 Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2
 Jianqiang, Liu (2006). chinadialogue - Preserving Lhasa's history (part one).
 Miles, Paul. (April 9, 2005). "Tourism drive 'is destroying Tibet' Unesco fears for Lhasa's World Heritage sites as the Chinese try to pull in 10 million visitors a year by 2020". Daily Telegraph (London), p. 4.
 Pelliot, Paul. (1961) Histoire ancienne du Tibet. Libraire d'Amérique et d'orient. Paris.
 Richardson, Hugh E (1984). Tibet and its History. Second Edition, Revised and Updated. Shambhala Publications, Boston. ISBN 0-87773-376-7.
 Richardson, Hugh E (1997). Lhasa. In Encyclopedia Americana international edition, (Vol. 17, pp. 281–282). Danbury, CT: Grolier Inc.
 Stein, R. A. (1972). Tibetan Civilization, p. 38. Reprint 1972. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0806-1 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-0901-7 (paper).
 Tuladhar, Kamal Ratna (2011). Caravan to Lhasa: A Merchant of Kathmandu in Traditional Tibet. Kathmandu: Lijala & Tisa. ISBN 99946-58-91-3.
 Tung, Rosemary Jones. 1980. A Portrait of Lost Tibet. Thomas and Hudson, London. ISBN 0-500-54068-3.
 Vitali, Roberto. 1990. Early Temples of Central Tibet. Serindia Publications. London. ISBN 0-906026-25-3.
 (2006). Lhasa - Lhasa Intro
 von Schroeder, Ulrich. (1981). Indo-Tibetan Bronzes. (608 pages, 1244 illustrations). Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications Ltd. ISBN 962-7049-01-8
 von Schroeder, Ulrich. (2001). Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet. Vol. One: India & Nepal; Vol. Two: Tibet & China. (Volume One: 655 pages with 766 illustrations; Volume Two: 675 pages with 987 illustrations). Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd.). ISBN 962-7049-07-7
 von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2008. 108 Buddhist Statues in Tibet. (212 p., 112 colour illustrations) (DVD with 527 digital photographs). Chicago: Serindia Publications. ISBN 962-7049-08-5
 Desideri (1932). An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri 1712-1727. Ippolito Desideri. Edited by Filippo De Filippi. Introduction by C. Wessels. Reproduced by Rupa & Co, New Delhi. 2005
 Le Sueur, Alec (2001). The Hotel on the Roof of the World – Five Years in Tibet. Chichester: Summersdale. ISBN 978-1-84024-199-0. Oakland: RDR Books. ISBN 978-1-57143-101-1

Kart 
 Map central Lhasa
 Old map of central Lhasa from 1959

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 
 
 Lhasa @ China Tibet Information Center
 Lhasa Nights art exhibition
 Grand temple of Buddha at Lhasa in 1902, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

 
Byprefekturer i Tibet