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Shigatse Travel Guide
Shigatse
Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet.The city is located at an altitude of 3,840 metres at the confluence of the Yarlong Tsangpo and Nianchuhe rivers in west Tibet and was the ancient capital of U-Tsang province. It is also the name of the surrounding county.The city is also the cultural, economic and political center of Tibet.
Shigatse boasts several local dishes. There are, for instance, Tibetan sausage, high-land barley wine and yak butter, beef and mutton, tongue of yak that served cold and dressed with sauce, tsampa, various kinds of cookies and sweat tea, milk tea, yoghurt, roasted sausage, dried meat, shapu (smashed meat) and so on. All these dishes can be found served in the night fair near the bus station, where the delicious Tibetan flavor would never disappoint you.
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