Doilungdêqên, Lhasa
Doilungdêqên District is a district in Lhasa, north-west of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region. It is largely agricultural or pastoral, but contains the western suburbs of the city of Lhasa. The Duilong River runs southeast through the district to the Lhasa River. A prehistoric site appears to be 3600–3000 years old. The district is home to the Tsurphu Monastery (1189) and the 17th century Nechung monastery.
Doilungdêqên
堆龙德庆区 • སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་ཆུས། | |
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New construction in Liuwu New Area | |
Location of Doilungdêqên within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
Doilungdêqên Location in Tibet Autonomous Region Doilungdêqên Doilungdêqên (China) | |
| Coordinates: 29°39′N 91°00′E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Lhasa |
| District seat | Donggar Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,682 km2 (1,036 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 137,451 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 堆龙德庆区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 堆龍德慶區 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་ཆུས། | ||||||
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