Zhol Village

Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the in , . It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: commune at base of Potala in Gündêling, Lhasa
  • Also known as: “Shol village” and “Xoi Parish”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Potala Palace and Lhasa Middle School.

Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
is a museum complex in , the capital of the of . It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, and from 1649 until 1959 served as the Dalai Lamas' residence.

School
of the Tibet Autonomous Region is an autonomous regionally-run middle school of the of China, the first middle school in the history of Tibet, and is now directly under the Department of Education of the TAR, and is a modernized, general middle school.

Peak
Photo: John Hill, CC BY 3.0.
, or Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani in , . It is south of Potala and is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lhasa and Pargor Subdistrict.

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is the capital of the autonomous region in . It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the .

Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the in , , China.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km east of Zhol Village.

Zhol Village

Latitude
29.66308° or 29° 39′ 47″ north
Longitude
91.11478° or 91° 6′ 53″ east
Open location code
7MXHM477+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5584189102
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q14287928
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Satellite Map

Discover Zhol Village from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Zhol Village” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “雪城 (西藏)”
  • Chinese: “雪城”
  • Chinese: “雪社区”
  • Dutch: “Shol”
  • Dutch: “Shöl”
  • Esperanto: “Zhol”
  • French: “Shöl”
  • Gan Chinese: “雪社区”
  • Japanese: “ゾル”
  • Wu Chinese: “雪社区”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gündêling and 拉鲁社区.

Notable Places Nearby

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