Lhasa (disambiguation)

Lhasa is a city and the administrative capital of the prefecture-level city Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China

Lhasa may also refer to:

Government and politics
  • 2008 Lhasa violence, one of a number of violent protests that took place during the 2008 Tibetan unrest
  • Lhasa riot of 1750, in Lhasa, after the new regent of Tibet was assassinated
  • Treaty of Lhasa, a treaty signed in 1904 between Tibet and the British Empire
  • Xinhai Lhasa turmoil, a racial clash and various mutinies in the Lhasa region of Tibet following the Wuchang Uprising, 1911

People
  • Bernardo Estornés Lasa (1907–1999), writer and promoter of Basque culture
  • Lhasa de Sela (1972–2010), an American-born singer-songwriter
  • Óscar Lasa or Lasa III (born 1972), Spanish player of Basque pelota

Places

Natural formations
  • Lhasa River, a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet Autonomous Region of China
  • Lhasa Nunatak, a narrow rock ridge between Snakeskin Glacier and Jensen Glacier, Antarctica
  • Lhasa terrane, a fragment of crustal material, sutured to the Eurasian Plate during the Cretaceous, that forms southern Tibet

Other uses
  • 7859 Lhasa, a minor planet
  • Catholic Church of Lhasa, the first Catholic church in Tibet, 1725–1745
  • Lhasa (album), 2009 album by Lhasa de Sella
  • Lhasa (computing), the name of two different computer programs
  • Lhasa Airport Expressway, an expressway that links Lhasa Gonggar Airport to the city center of Lhasa, Tibet, China
  • Lhasa Apso, a non-sporting dog breed originating in Tibet
  • Lhasa Carpet Factory, a factory in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • Lhasa Newar, expatriate Newar traders and artisans who once traveled between the Kathmandu Valley and Tibet
  • Lhasa–Xigazê railway, a high-elevation railway that connects Lhasa to Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • Lhasa Zhol Pillar, a stone pillar dating to c 764 CE and inscribed with what may be the oldest known example of Tibetan writing
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See also
  • Architecture of Lhasa, noted for its traditional buildings and structures related to Tibetan Buddhism
  • Lassa (disambiguation)
  • Lahsa (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Lhasa
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