Dagzê, Lhasa

Dagzê District is a district of Lhasa immediately east of the district of Chengguan, Tibet. The Lhasa River runs through the district. As of 2013 the total population was 29,152, mostly ethnic Tibetans engaged in agriculture. The district is home to the Ganden and Yerpa monasteries.

Dagzê
达孜区སྟག་རྩེ་ཆུས།
A view from Ganden Monastery
Location of Dagzê District (red) within Lhasa City (yellow) and the Tibet A.R.
Dagzê
Location in Tibet Autonomous Region
Dagzê
Dagzê (China)
Coordinates: 29.672447°N 91.352817°E / 29.672447; 91.352817
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityLhasa
District seatDêqên
Area
  Total1,373 km2 (530 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total32,318
  Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.dzq.gov.cn
Dagzê, Lhasa
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese达孜区
Traditional Chinese達孜區
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྟག་རྩེ་་ཆུས།
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