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| demographics2_info1 = [[CN¥]] 16.7 billion<br />[[US$]] 2.7 billion
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{{Infobox Chinese
| order = st
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| tib = གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་
| wylie = gzhis ka rtse
| zwpy = Xigazê
| t = {{linktext|日喀則}}
| s = {{linktext|日喀则}}
| p = Rìkāzé
| bpmf = ㄖˋ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ㄎㄚ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ㄗㄜˊ
| w = Jih<sup>4</sup>-k{{wg-apos}}a<sup>1</sup>-tsê<sup>2</sup>
| gr = Ryhkatzer
| myr = R̀kādzé
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|ri|4|.|k|a|1|.|z|e|2}}
| tp = Rìhkazé
| lhasa = /ɕi˩˨.kə˥˥.t͡seˑ/
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[[File:We will give you the best service you will ever dream. CITS Shigatse Individual Travel Sign.jpg|thumb|upright|CITS Shigatse Individual Travel Sign]]
'''Shigatse''', officially known as '''Xigazê''', or '''Rikaze''' ({{bo|t=གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་|w=gzhis ka rtse|z=xigazê}}; {{zh|s=日喀则|p=Rìkāzé}}),<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Buddha party : how the People's Republic of China works to define and control Tibetan Buddhism|last=Powers|first=John|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199358182|location=New York, NY|pages=Appendix B, page 16|oclc=967694121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=国家测绘局地名研究所 |script-title=zh:中国地名录 |trans-title=Gazetteer of China |location=Beijing |publisher=[[SinoMaps Press]] |year=1997 |isbn=7-5031-1718-4 |page=311}}</ref> is a [[prefecture-level city]] of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of {{convert|182,000|km2|0|abbr=on}}, corresponds to the historical [[Ü-Tsang]] region of [[Tibet]].
==Overview==
The administrative center of the [[prefecture-level city]] is the [[Samzhubzê District]]. It is roughly equivalent to the historical Shigatse urban center, the second-largest city in Tibet, located about {{convert|280|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Lhasa and home to the [[Tashilhunpo Monastery]], traditionally the seat of the [[Panchen Lama]].<ref>''Mapping the Tibetan World''. Yukyasu Osada, Gavin Allwright, and Atushi Kanamaru. 1st edition 200. Reprint 2004. Kotan Books, Japan, pp. 109, 113.</ref>
Some of the towns in the prefecture are: [[Gyantse]] ([[Gyantse County]]), [[Tingri (town)|Tingri]] ([[Tingri County]]), and [[Nyalam Town|Nyalam]] ([[Nyalam County]]).
On 11 July 2014 Shigatse Prefecture was upgraded into a [[prefecture-level city]] (the same status as [[Lhasa]]).<ref>{{cite news|last = Li |first = Zhe |script-title = zh:西藏日喀则成为中国最年轻地级市 |url = http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2014-07/14/content_32937772.htm |script-work=zh:中国网 |access-date = 13 July 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235053/http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2014-07/14/content_32937772.htm |archive-date = 14 July 2014 }}</ref>
[[File:NH-45-12 Jihkatse China.jpg|thumb|center|Map including Shigatse (Jih-k'a-tse) ([[Defense Mapping Agency|DMA]], 1973)]]
== History ==
In the eighth century, the [[Tibetan Empire]] of [[Chisong Dezan|Tibetan King Chisong Dezan]] invited Indian monk [[Padmasambhava]] into Tibet to build the [[Samye|Samye Mighur Lhundrub Tsula Khang]], passing through the place of Rikaze where the practice of preaching, and predicated Lhasa as the center of snowy plateau followed by Nianmai (Shigatse). In the eleventh century the [[Sakya dynasty]], Nianmai has initially begun urbanization.
In October 1959, Rikaze prefecture was established.<ref name="Joint Publications Research Service 1972 p. ">{{cite book | title=Translations on People's Republic of China | publisher=Joint Publications Research Service | series=JPRS (Series) | issue=nos. 188-209 | year=1972 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pwVAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2024-03-07 | page=9}}</ref> In 1970, Rikaze Prefecture was abolished and Rikaze District was established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=[[陈至立]]主编 |title=辞海|date=2020 |publisher=上海辞书出版社 |location=[[上海]] |isbn=978-7-5326-5325-6 |pages=3644}}</ref> On 26 June 2014, by the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]] agreed, the original Rikaze area abolished, the establishment of prefecture-level Shigatse city, the original county-level Shigatse city merged into the [[Sangzhuzi District]]. This was the second prefecture-level city established in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=国务院批复西藏设立第四个地级市|url=http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2015-04/03/content_2842725.htm|access-date=2021-09-03|date=2015-04-03|publisher=中国政府网|archive-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121143255/http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2015-04/03/content_2842725.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 18 December 2014, prefecture-level Shigatse City was officially established.<ref>{{cite news |title=西藏海拔最高地级市挂牌成立 助力藏西南经济发展_中华人民共和国国务院新闻办公室 |url=http://www.scio.gov.cn/dfwx/gsdt/xz/202210/t20221022_612256.html |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=www.scio.gov.cn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=西藏海拔最高市日喀则市挂牌成立 |url=http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2014-12/19/content_1512045.htm |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=paper.people.com.cn}}</ref>
== Population ==
According to the [[2020 Chinese census]], the resident population of the city was 798,153.<ref name=1s>{{cite web |author1=日喀则市统计局、日喀则市第七次全国人口普查领导小组办公室 |title=日喀则市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 |url=http://www.rikaze.gov.cn/public-detail.thtml?cid=142158 |access-date=2023-07-23 |archive-date=2021-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916111736/http://www.rikaze.gov.cn/public-detail.thtml?cid=142158 |url-status=live }}</ref> Compared to 703,292 in the [[2010 Chinese census|6th Chinese Census]], there was a total increase of 94,861 or 13.49% in ten years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.27%. Among them, the male population was 416,384, accounting for 52.17% of the total population, while the female population was 381,769, accounting for 47.83% of the total population. The sex ratio of the total population (100 females) was 109.07. The population aged 0-14 years was 209,900, accounting for 26.3% of the total population; the population aged 15-59 years was 516,838, accounting for 64.75% of the total population; and the population aged 60 years and above was 71,415, accounting for 8.95% of the total population, of which the population aged 65 years and above was 8.95%. 8.95% of the total population, of which 44,772 were aged 65 and above, accounting for 5.61% of the total population. The population living in towns and cities was 184,323, or 23.09% of the total population, while the population living in villages was 613,830, or 76.91% of the total population.
=== Ethnicity ===
Of the city's resident population, 42,501, or 5.32%, were [[Han Chinese]]; 748,443, or 93.77%, were [[Tibetans]]; and 7,209, or 0.9%, were other [[ethnic minorities]]. Compared with the [[2010 Chinese census|2010 Chinese Census]], the Han population increased by 16,691, or 64.67%, and accounted for 1.66 percentage points of the total population; the populations of various ethnic minorities increased by 78,170, or 11.54%, and accounted for 1.66 percentage points of the total population. Among them, the Tibetan population increased by 76,779, an increase of 11.43%, accounting for a decrease of 1.73 percentage points in the proportion of the total population.<ref name=1s />
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; font-size:smaller; text-align:right"
|+ '''Ethnic composition of Shigatse (November 2010)'''<ref>{{cite book|author=西藏自治区第六次全国人口普查领导小组办公室、西藏自治区统计局、国家统计局西藏调查总队|title=《西藏自治区2010年人口普查资料》|year=2012|publisher=中国统计出版社|isbn=978-7-5037-6517-9}}</ref>
|-
! Ethnic Group
! width="55" | [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] !!! width="55" | [[Han Chinese|Han]] !!! width="55" | [[Kyrgyz people|Kirghiz]] !!! width="55" | [[Hui]] !!! width="55" | [[Unrecognized ethnic groups in China|Unidentified Ethnic Groups]] !!! width="55" | [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] !!! width="55" | [[Turkish people|Turkish]] !!! width="55" | [[Dongxiang people|Dongxiang]] !!! width="55" | [[Manchu]] !!! width="55" | [[Hmong people|Hmong]] !!! width="55" | Other Ethnic Groups
|-
! Population
| 671664 || 25810 || 2669 || 1434 || 703 || 250 || 162 || 138 || 98 || 66 || 298
|-
! Proportion of total population (%)
| 95.50 || 3.67 || 0.38 || 0.20 || 0.10 || 0.04 || 0.02 || 0.02 || 0.01 || 0.01 || 0.04
|-
! Proportion of ethnic minority population (%)
| 99.14 || --- || 0.39 || 0.21 || 0.10 || 0.04 || 0.02 || 0.02 || 0.01 || 0.01 || 0.04
|}
== Transport ==
=== Rail ===
[[File:Shigatse Railway Station.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Shigatse Railway Station]]]]
The [[Lhasa–Shigatse Railway]] connects [[Shigatse Railway Station]] with [[Lhasa]] and further connects with Qinghai via [[Qinghai–Tibet Railway]]. It takes about three hours to travel between Lhasa and Shigatse by train.
It is possible to get back to Lhasa within the same day by train.<ref name=shigatse>[http://chinatour.net/tibet/shigatse/"Shigatse Travel" ChinaTour.net] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150816172358/http://chinatour.net/tibet/shigatse/ |date=16 August 2015 }} Accessed 21 April 2013</ref>
=== Air ===
[[File:Shigatse Peace Airport.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Shigatse Peace Airport]]]]
[[Shigatse Peace Airport]] began operations on 30 October 2010 after an [[Airbus A319]] landed safely, making it Tibet's fifth commercial airport. It is located 43 kilometres from [[Samzhubzê District]] at [[Jangdam]] Township at an elevation of 3,782 metres. The airport will be capable of supporting 230,000 passengers annually by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7184049.html |title=Tibet's Xigaze Airport begins operations - People's Daily Online |access-date=1 November 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107152035/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7184049.html |archive-date=7 November 2010 }}</ref>
[[Shigatse Tingri Airport]] opened in December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 December 2022|title=公司动态：公司重点保障项目——日喀则定日机场顺利通过行业验收|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2VBRCStAsBMc9swvP4qJcQ|access-date=23 May 2023|publisher=中航质|website=weixin.qq.com}}</ref>
=== Road ===
[[China National Highway 318]] and [[China National Highway 219]] are the main roads in and out of Shigatse.<ref name="IIRF Strategic Yearbook 2022-23 p. 251">{{cite book | title=IIRF Strategic Yearbook 2022-23 | isbn=979-8-88883-276-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuG9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT251 | access-date=2024-03-07 | page=251| publisher=Notion Press }}</ref><ref name="Bakshi 2001 p. ">{{cite book | last=Bakshi | first=A. | title=Silk Road on Wheels: Travels Through Central Asia and Tibet | publisher=Odyssey Books | year=2001 | isbn=978-81-900861-1-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RtuAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2024-03-07 | page=x}}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharya 2017 p. 132">{{cite book | last=Bhattacharya | first=A. | title=Journeys on the Silk Road Through Ages—Romance, Legend, Reality | publisher=Repro Knowledgcast Limited | year=2017 | isbn=978-93-86407-81-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfE6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA132 | access-date=2024-03-07 | page=132}}</ref>
== Counties ==
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{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Shigatse.png|width={{{1|792}}}|link=}}
{{Image label|x=2140|y=940|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Samzhubzê District|'''Samzhubzê''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2240|y=750|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Namling County|'''Namling<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2370|y=1070|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Gyantse County|'''Gyantse<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1510|y=1230|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Tingri County|'''Tingri<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1930|y=1090|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Sa'gya County|'''Sa'gya<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1780|y=970|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Lhatse County|'''Lhatse<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1350|y=710|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Ngamring County|'''Ngamring<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1850|y=720|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Xaitongmoin County|'''Xaitongmoin<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2160|y=1060|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Bainang County|'''Bainang<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2450|y=960|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Rinbung County|'''Rinbung<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2350|y=1240|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Kangmar County|'''Kangmar<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1790|y=1310|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Dinggyê County|'''Dinggyê<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=430|y=510|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Zhongba County|'''Zhongba<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2190|y=1430|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Yadong County|'''Yadong<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=970|y=1050|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Gyirong County|'''Gyirong<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1160|y=1180|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Nyalam County|'''Nyalam<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=910|y=850|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Saga County|'''Saga<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=2010|y=1240|scale={{{1|792}}}/2640|text=[[Kamba County|'''Kamba<br />County''']]}}
{{Image label end}}
</div>
|-
! Name
! Simplified Chinese
! Hanyu Pinyin
! [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]
! [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]
! Population {{small|(2010 Census)}}
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Density (/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| colspan="9"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''City proper'''
|----------
|[[Samzhubzê District]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|桑珠孜区}}
|{{transl|zh|Sāngzhūzī Qū}}
|{{bo-textonly|བསམ་འགྲུབ་རྩེ་ཆུས།}}
|bsam 'grub rtse chus
|120,374
|3,654
|32.94
|-
| colspan="9"  style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Rural'''
|----------
|[[Namling County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|南木林县}}
|{{transl|zh|Nánmùlín Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|རྣམ་གླིང་རྫོང་།}}
|rnam gling rdzong
|74,930
|8,113
|9.23
|---------
|[[Gyantse County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|江孜县}}
|{{transl|zh|Jiāngzī Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།}}
|rgyal rtse rdzong
|63,503
|3,859
|16.45
|----------
|[[Tingri County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|定日县}}
|{{transl|zh|Dìngrì Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|དིང་རི་རྫོང་།}}
|ding ri rdzong
|50,818
|13,859
|3.66
|----------
|[[Sa'gya County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|萨迦县}}
|{{transl|zh|Sàjiā Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ས་སྐྱ་རྫོང་།}}
|sa skya rdzong
|47,304
|7,510
|6.29
|----------
|[[Lhatse County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|拉孜县}}
|{{transl|zh|Lāzī Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ལྷ་རྩེ་རྫོང་།}}
|lha rtse rdzong
|49,286
|4,505
|10.94
|----------
|[[Ngamring County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|昂仁县}}
|{{transl|zh|Ángrén Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ངམ་རིང་རྫོང་།}}
|ngam ring rdzong
|51,472
|20,105
|2.56
|----------
|[[Xaitongmoin County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|谢通门县}}
|{{transl|zh|Xiètōngmén Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|བཞད་མཐོང་སྨོན་རྫོང་།}}
|bzhad mthong smon rdzong
|42,280
|13,960
|3.02
|----------
|[[Bainang County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|白朗县}}
|{{transl|zh|Báilǎng Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|པ་སྣམ་རྫོང་།}}
|pa snam rdzong
|42,551
|2,806
|15.16
|----------
|[[Rinbung County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|仁布县}}
|{{transl|zh|Rénbù Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|རིན་སྤུངས་རྫོང་།}}
|rin spungs rdzong
|27,826
|2,123
|13.10
|----------
|[[Kangmar County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|康马县}}
|{{transl|zh|Kāngmǎ Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ཁང་དམར་རྫོང་།}}
|khang dmar rdzong
|20,522
|6,165
|3.32
|----------
|[[Dinggyê County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|定结县}}
|{{transl|zh|Dìngjié Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང་།}}
|gding skyes rdzong
|20,319
|5,816
|3.49
|----------
|[[Zhongba County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|仲巴县}}
|{{transl|zh|Zhòngbā Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|འབྲོང་པ་རྫོང་།}}
|'brong pa rdzong
|22,147
|43,594
|0.50
|----------
|[[Yadong County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|亚东县}}
|{{transl|zh|Yàdōng Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང་།}}
|gro mo rdzong
|12,920
|4,306
|3.00
|----------
|[[Gyirong County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|吉隆县}}
|{{transl|zh|Jílóng Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|སྐྱིད་གྲོང་རྫོང་།}}
|skyid grong rdzong
|14,972
|9,009
|1.66
|----------
|[[Nyalam County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|聂拉木县}}
|{{transl|zh|Nièlāmù Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|གཉའ་ལམ་རྫོང་།}}
|gnya' lam rdzong
|17,568
|7,903
|2.22
|----------
|[[Saga County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|萨嘎县}}
|{{transl|zh|Sàgā Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|ས་དགའ་རྫོང་།}}
|sa dga' rdzong
|14,036
|12,411
|1.13
|----------
|[[Kamba County]]
|{{lang|zh-hans|岗巴县}}
|{{transl|zh|Gǎngbā Xiàn}}
|{{bo-textonly|གམ་པ་རྫོང་།}}
|gam pa rdzong
|10,464
|3,936
|2.65
|}
==Climate==
Shigatse has an elevation-influenced [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dwb'').
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Shigatse, elevation {{convert|3836|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals)
|Jan high C = 	7.0
|Feb high C = 	9.0
|Mar high C = 	12.5
|Apr high C = 	16.0
|May high C = 	19.9
|Jun high C = 	22.9
|Jul high C = 	21.8
|Aug high C = 	21.0
|Sep high C = 	20.0
|Oct high C = 	16.7
|Nov high C = 	11.9
|Dec high C = 	8.4
|Jan mean C = 	-2.6
|Feb mean C = 	0.5
|Mar mean C = 	4.6
|Apr mean C = 	8.1
|May mean C = 	12.0
|Jun mean C = 	15.3
|Jul mean C = 	14.9
|Aug mean C = 	14.1
|Sep mean C = 	12.6
|Oct mean C = 	7.4
|Nov mean C = 	1.2
|Dec mean C = 	-2.5
|Jan low C = 	-12.2
|Feb low C = 	-8.9
|Mar low C = 	-4.0
|Apr low C = 	0.4
|May low C = 	4.5
|Jun low C = 	8.6
|Jul low C = 	9.8
|Aug low C = 	9.2
|Sep low C = 	6.8
|Oct low C = 	-0.8
|Nov low C = 	-8.0
|Dec low C = 	-11.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	0.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 	0.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 	0.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 	5.2
|May precipitation mm = 	20.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 	66.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 	149.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 	145.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 	52.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 	3.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 	0.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 	0.5
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 	0.3
|Feb precipitation days = 	0.4
|Mar precipitation days = 	0.8
|Apr precipitation days = 	2.6
|May precipitation days = 	6.1
|Jun precipitation days = 	12.6
|Jul precipitation days = 	20.2
|Aug precipitation days = 	20.7
|Sep precipitation days = 	12.5
|Oct precipitation days = 	1.8
|Nov precipitation days = 	0.3
|Dec precipitation days = 	0.1
|year precipitation days =
|Jan humidity = 	28
|Feb humidity = 	25
|Mar humidity = 	25
|Apr humidity = 	32
|May humidity = 	40
|Jun humidity = 	50
|Jul humidity = 	64
|Aug humidity = 	68
|Sep humidity = 	61
|Oct humidity = 	44
|Nov humidity = 	34
|Dec humidity = 	33
|Jan sun = 	260.4
|Feb sun = 	244.0
|Mar sun = 	280.0
|Apr sun = 	278.5
|May sun = 	301.8
|Jun sun = 	278.6
|Jul sun = 	227.4
|Aug sun = 	222.5
|Sep sun = 	247.5
|Oct sun = 	286.3
|Nov sun = 	276.5
|Dec sun = 	267.8
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 	80
| Feb percentsun = 	77
| Mar percentsun = 	75
| Apr percentsun = 	72
| May percentsun = 	71
| Jun percentsun = 	67
| Jul percentsun = 	54
| Aug percentsun = 	55
| Sep percentsun = 	68
| Oct percentsun = 	82
| Nov percentsun = 	87
| Dec percentsun = 	84
| year percentsun =
|Jan snow days = 	0.6
|Feb snow days = 	1.2
|Mar snow days = 	1.7
|Apr snow days = 	4.3
|May snow days = 	1.6
|Jun snow days = 	0.1
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	0.6
|Nov snow days = 	0.6
|Dec snow days = 	0.4
|year snow days =
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="110">
File:Sakya monastery.jpg|[[Sakya Monastery]]
File:Shigatse Prefecture.jpg|Mountains in Shigatse Prefecture
File:A monastery in tibet.jpg|Monastery along the road from Shigatse to [[Mount Everest]]
File:Chooyu.jpg|[[Cho Oyu]] from [[Tingri (town)|Tingri]]
File:Shigatse abbot 1910.png|Photo of the Shigatse abbot taken around 1910
File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_135-S-17-14-34,_Tibetexpedition,_Shigatse,_Truppenparade.jpg|[[Tibetan Army]] soldiers circa 1938 on parade. They are equipped with [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles.
</gallery>
== See also ==
* [[Shigatse Photovoltaic Power Plant]]
* [[Shigatse People's Hospital]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* [https://archive.org/details/bdrc-W1KG15004 Shigatse Annals]
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Shigatse Prefecture}}
{{Wiktionary|Shigatse|Xigazê|Jih-k'a-tse}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Shigatse|short=x}}
{{Xigaze Prefecture}}
{{Prefectural-level divisions of the People's Republic of China}}
{{Township-level divisions of Shigatse}}
{{Tibet Autonomous Region}}
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[[Category:Prefecture-level divisions of Tibet]]