Lhasa, also known as Luoxue and Sunlight City, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Xizang Autonomous Region, the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, and an international tourist city with national characteristics in China's snowy plateau approved by the State Council. The total area of the city is 365,438+0,662 square kilometers. Lhasa is located in the southwest of China, in the middle of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the north side of the Himalayas, in the valley plain of the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River, where the Lhasa River flows and joins the Yarlung Zangbo River in the southern suburbs.