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Shigatse
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Shigatse: see Xigazê Xigazê or Shigatse , town, S central Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is in the center of a small, heavily populated alluvial plain near the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) River.
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Shigatse 

(also Jihk’atse), a city in China, in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Situated in the valley of the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River, at an elevation of more than 3,800 m. Population, approximately 20,000. Shigatse, a highway junction, is the center of a fanning region. The city’s cottage industries produce pottery and textiles.



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China's official Xinhua news agency said the quake, which hit sparsely populated Zhongba County in Xigaze prefecture in southern Tibet, was measured at 6.
China's official Xinhua news agency said the quake, which hit sparsely populated Zhongba County in Xigaze prefecture in southern Tibet, was measured at 6.
In his place, Beijing has anointed a different "soul boy" - Gyaltsen Norbu - to the position, but he is so lacking in popular support that they dare not let him live in the Panchen's sacred traditional home - the Tashilumpo monastery in Xigaze.
 
 
 
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