Lhatse, also known as Chusar, Quxar () or Quxia (), is a small town of a few thousand people in Lhatse County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in the valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo River southwest of Shigatse and just west of the mountain pass leading to it. Lhatse is above sea-level. Lhatse recorded the highest temperature of 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) in locations above 4,000 meters above sea level.
Lhatse, also known as Chusar, Quxar () or Quxia (), is a small town of a few thousand people in Lhatse County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in the valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo River southwest of Shigatse and just west of the mountain pass leading to it. Lhatse is above sea-level. Lhatse recorded the highest temperature of 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) in locations above 4,000 meters above sea level.
==Region== The modern town is south of the old village of Lhatse and the small Gelug monastery of Lhatse Chö Dé (). Above the monastery are the ruins of the old dzong, Drampa Lhatse () or Dzong Lhatse (Janglache or Lhatse Dzong), which is on a rock high at the opening of the Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon. At the western end of the town is another small monastery, Changmoche.
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