Qüxü or Chushur or Chusul or Chushul is a town and township and capital of
Qüxü County in the
Lhasa Prefecture
Lhasa is a prefecture-level city, one of the main administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It covers an area of of rugged and sparsely populated terrain. Its urban center is Lhasa, with around 300,000 residents, which ...
of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...
of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. It is located southwest of
Lhasa
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...
and is connected directly by road. It lies on a river which soon joins the
Yarlung Tsangpo river. The town has a notable prison, and as of 2009 incarcerated people such as
Dolma Kyab.
Lhasa Gonggar Airport lies to the southeast of the town.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet
An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
*Baimai
*Bai ...
External links
Wikimapia
Populated places in Lhasa (prefecture-level city)
Township-level divisions of Tibet
Qüxü County
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