Shigatse

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Shigatse

Total population

168,445

Coordinates29.27°, 88.88°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê or Rikaze, is a prefecture-level city in the south-central and southwestern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of 182,000 km2 (70,271 sq mi), corresponds to the historical Ü-Tsang region of Tibet, and is most notable for containing the Chinese half of Mount Everest.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

T

Tseten Dolma

Tibetan singer

K

Kunsang Paljor

Chadrel Rinpoché

Tibetan monk

Kesang Yangkyi Takla

Tibetan politician

T

Tendol Gyalzur

Tibetan-Swiss humanitarian

L

Lozang Namgyal

Tibetan Buddhist priest, born 19th century

R

Rikha Lobsang Tenzin

Tibetan author and politician (1942–1993)

Tsering Youdron

Ngawang Kunga

Tibetan monk living in India

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tibet

• Samzhubzê
  1.7 mi away
• Qugboxung
  5.6 mi away
• Nyarixung
  5.6 mi away
• Qumig
  12.9 mi away
• Pältsel
  17 mi away
• Êma
  19.9 mi away
• Jangdam
  22.4 mi away
• Zhaxar
  23.5 mi away
• Qunub
  23.8 mi away
• Mak
  24.2 mi away
• Bainang
  25.4 mi away · pop. 10,400
• Norbu Khyungtsé
  25.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shigatse

Cadres of Tibet

Jayadeva Ranade · 2018

Somewhere far away

Yang, Yi (Photographer) · 2013

Tibetan wars through Sikkim, Bhutan, and Nepal

M. N. Gulati · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Seen 2026-09-11

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Seen 2026-09-11

Amur Carp

Cyprinus rubrofuscus

Seen 2026-09-11

Biston falcata

Biston falcata

Seen 2026-07-30

Photoscotosia metachryseis

Photoscotosia metachryseis

Seen 2026-07-30

Heracula discivitta

Heracula discivitta

Seen 2026-07-30

Euphyia mediovittaria

Euphyia mediovittaria

Seen 2026-07-30

Manoba argentalis

Manoba argentalis

Seen 2026-07-30

Cyana britomartis

Cyana britomartis

Seen 2026-07-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).