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Answer : LHASA
Lhasa, Chinese (Pinyin) Lasa, (Wade-Giles romanization) La-sa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. It is located at an elevation of 11,975 feet (3,650 metres) in the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains of southern Tibet near the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo (Tsangpo) River (the name of the Brahmaputra River in Tibet). Tibetan Buddhists consider Lhasa a holy land, and it is a state-level historical and cultural city in China.
Lhasa had been designated as the capital of Tibet by the 9th century CE. However, national power became decentralized following the assassination of the Tibetan king in 842, and Lhasa lost its position as the country’s capital, though it gained in religious importance in succeeding centuries. It served as the national religious centre of Tibet, and much of its population was composed of Buddhist monks and laypeople. In 1642 Lhasa was again the seat of the central government, a position it held into the 20th century. Although Chinese troops moved into Lhasa and Tibet in 1951, both remained under the Tibetan authority until 1959, when direct Chinese administration was imposed. Lhasa was established as a city in 1960.
Lhasa is connected by road with the major cities of Sichuan and Qinghai provinces and the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. A large modern airport offers passenger service to Beijing and other major Chinese cities and also to Kathmandu, Nepal. A railway line connecting Lhasa and Golmud in Qinghai province was opened in 2006.
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