Samzhubzê District
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shigatse City, Samzhubze District, rikaze shi, Shikatse County (1959-1986), Shigatzé, Shigatze
district of China
Key facts
- Country
- China
- Autonomous region
- Tibet
- Prefecture level city
- Xigazê
- District seat
- Chengbei Subdistrict
- Total
- 3,654.18 km (1,410.89 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 3,836 m (12,585 ft)
- Density
- 43.318/km (112.19/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( CST )
- Area code
- 0892
- Website
- www .xzrkz .gov .cn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of China
- Official name
- 日喀则县
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shigatse
- Contains
- Jangdam
- Population
- 158290
- Area
- 3664.72
- Elevation
- 3836
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Image
- Shigatse2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 892
- Licence plate code
- 藏D
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- Commons category
- Samzhubzê
- postal code
- 85700
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Tibetan name Tibetanབསམ་འགྲུབ་རྩེ་ཆུས་
Samzhubzê District (also spelled Sangzhuzi District, Samdruptse District) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the China, and the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Shigatse (Tibetan Pinyin: Xigazê). Prior to 2014 it was known as the county-level city of Shigatse. It was the ancient capital of Ü-Tsang province and is the second largest city in Tibet with an estimated population of 117,000 in 2013. Samzhubzê is located at the confluence of the Yarlung Tsangpo River and the Nyang River (Nyang Chu or Nyanchue), about 250 km (160 mi) southwest of Lhasa and 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Gyantse, at an altitude of 3,840 metres (12,600 ft).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samzhubzê District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.