Brief introduction of beautiful Lhasa

Lhasa is located in the middle of Tibet Plateau, on the north side of Himalayas, and in the Lhasa River valley plain, a tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River. As the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa is the political, economic and cultural center and transportation hub of Tibet. With a total area of 295 18 square kilometers and a total population of 540,500, there are more than 30 ethnic groups living in Tibet, Han, Hui and Manchu. Lhasa has an average elevation of 3658 meters. Sunny all year round, less rainfall, no cold in winter, no heat in summer, and pleasant climate. The highest temperature in history is 29.6℃, the lowest temperature is-16.5℃, and the annual average temperature is 7.4℃. The annual rainfall is about 500mm, and the sunshine time is more than 3,000 hours, so it is known as "Sunshine City".

As one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in the State Council, Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, splendid culture, unique customs, numerous places of interest and strong religious color. Since the reform and opening up, Lhasa's "city visibility" has been continuously improved. After being selected as "Excellent Tourist City in China", it was selected as "Favorite Tourist City for European Tourists" by "Europe-China International Tourism Forum" in 2005, and the Potala Palace was selected as "Favorite Tourist Attraction for European Tourists". In 2006, it was selected as one of the 30 summer capitals in China, ranking 12.

Lhasa is rich in all kinds of resources, which has obvious advantages compared with other cities in China and the autonomous region. There are 44.2767 million mu of land in Lhasa, including 807.4 million mu of cultivated land, 6.5438+0.6293 million mu of woodland, 3.65438+0.686, 5.438+0.300 mu of grassland and other land. More than 50 kinds of mineral resources such as copper, lead, zinc, gold, geothermal, corundum, gypsum, natural sulfur, kaolin, barite, white marble, etc. have been discovered in Lhasa, among which corundum, geothermal, volcanic ash, natural sulfur and other resources rank among the top in China. The average annual runoff of rivers in China is 34 billion cubic meters, and the water storage capacity of lakes is 20 billion cubic meters. Both per capita water consumption and per mu water consumption are higher than the national average. Crops, animal and plant resources and medicinal materials are extremely rich. The theoretical reserve of river hydropower resources in the city is 2,547,800 kilowatts, the annual heat flow power generation potential of geothermal fields is 6,543.8+0.5 million kilowatts, and the annual total solar radiation reaches 202 kcal/cm2.