At A Glance
- Coordinates
- 29.2666, 88.8709
Overview
Shigatse is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 29.26658, 88.87089. Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê (Tibetan: གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་, Wylie: gzhis ka rtse, ZYPY: xigazê) or Rikaze (Chinese: 日喀则; pinyin: Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People s Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of 182,000 km2 (70,271 sq mi), corresponds to the historical Ü-Tsang region of Tibet. Located in 城西街道, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, China.
Sacred Cluster
Nearby sacred places create the location cluster described in the growth plan. This block is intentionally crawlable and links into the wider regional graph.
