Government and Politics
Administratively speaking, Lhasa is a prefecture-level city that consists of one district and seven counties. Chengguan District is the main urban area of Lhasa. The mayor and vice-mayor of Lhasa are Doje Cezhug and Jigme Namgyal, respectively.
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City proper | |||||||||
| 1 | Chengguan District | 城关区 | Chéngguān Qū | ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས་ | khrin kon chus | 140,000 | 525 | 267 | |
| Rural | |||||||||
| 2 | Lhünzhub County | 林周县 | Línzhōu Xiàn | ལྷུན་གྲུབ་རྫོང་ | lhun grub rdzong | 60,000 | 4,100 | 14 | |
| 3 | Damxung County | 当雄县 | Dāngxióng Xiàn | འདམ་གཞུང་རྫོང | dam gzhung rdzong | 40,000 | 10,234 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nyêmo County | 尼木县 | Nímù Xiàn | སྙེ་མོ་རྫོང་ | snye mo rdzong | 30,000 | 3,266 | 9 | |
| 5 | Qüxü County | 曲水县 | Qūshuǐ Xiàn | ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་ | chu shur rdzong | 30,000 | 1,624 | 18 | |
| 6 | Doilungdêqên County | 堆龙德庆县 | Duīlóngdéqìng Xiàn | སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང་ | stod lung bde chen rdzong | 40,000 | 2,672 | 15 | |
| 7 | Dagzê County | 达孜县 | Dázī Xiàn | སྟག་རྩེ་རྫོང་ | stag rtse rdzong | 30,000 | 1,361 | 22 | |
| 8 | Maizhokunggar County | 墨竹工卡县 | Mòzhúgōngkǎ Xiàn | མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར་རྫོང་ | mal gro gung dkar rdzong | 40,000 | 5,492 | 7 | |
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