Xigatse

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Xigatse (Chinese: 日喀则 R-ge-tse), also spelt Shigatse is the second largest city in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Understand

With a population or about 50,000, it is an important trading and administrative center.

Get in

Get around

See

  • Tashilhunpo Monastery - traditional seat of the Panchen Lamas. It was constructed in 1447
  • The free market
  • The ruins of the Xigatse Fortress

Do

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Accommodation in Xigatse is more expensive than in Lhasa and there is only one budget option.

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