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Location and Geography
The city of Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. It is situated in the southern part of Tibet, on a plateau at an altitude of 3650 m above sea level, at 29°39’N and 91°08’E.
Until 1951, Tibet had undergone only slow economical, ecological, and socio-economical changes. Only after 1913 did Tibet allow slow modernisation processes to occur, and started to build a hydroelectric power station and a hospital in Lhasa.
In the last 50 years there were major changes to the city’s landscape.
Since the 1990’s the globalisation process and modernisation due to fast economic development has led to radical changes in the city of Lhasa.
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