Lhasa Map Art

Lhasa sits in a valley of the Kyichu River, which winds through the city in a distinctive serpentine path before flowing eastward. The Potala Palace dominates the map from Marpo Ri hill in the center, with the Jokhang Temple anchoring the old city grid below it, surrounded by the kora pilgrimage circuit that still traces a clear rectangular path around the sacred core. Modern Chinese development has extended the grid systematically outward from this ancient center, creating stark contrast between the organic medieval streets of Barkhor Square and the orthogonal blocks spreading across the valley floor.

29.6500° N, 91.1000° E