Samzhubzê, Xigazê
Samzhubzê
桑珠孜区 • བསམ་འགྲུབ་རྩེ་ཆུས། Sangzhuzi, Samdruptse | |
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Samzhubzê in 2009 | |
| Coordinates (Xigazê government): 29°16′01″N 88°52′48″E / 29.267°N 88.880°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Xigazê |
| District seat | Chengbei Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,654.18 km2 (1,410.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,836 m (12,585 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 158,290 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 857000 |
| Area code | 0892 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 桑珠孜区 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 桑珠孜區 | ||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sāngzhūzī Qū | ||||||||
| Postal | Samdruptse | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | བསམ་འགྲུབ་རྩེ་ཆུས་ | ||||||||
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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).