Shigatse
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Shigatse (officially: Xigazê; Tibetan: གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་; Wylie transliteration: Gzhis-ka-rtse; Simplified Chinese: 日喀则; Traditional Chinese: 日喀則; pinyin: Rìkāzé) is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet with a population of 80,000. It is located at the confluence of the Yarlong Tsangpo (Yar-lung Gtsang-po) (or Brahmaputra) and Nyangchu (Nyang-chu) rivers in west Tibet and was the ancient capital of U-Tsang province. It is also the name of the surrounding county.
Nearby attractions include:
- Tashilhunpo Monastery, traditional seat of the Panchen Lama
- Mount Everest