Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region
 Population: 2.03 millionUrban population: 250,000 Capital: Lhasa Major towns: Lhasa, Xigaze, Gyangze, Qamdo, Nyingchi, Gar Nationalities: Tibetan (1.97 million), Han, Menba, Luoba, and HuiArea: 1,200,000 square kilometers
Altitude:
over 4,000 meters on the whole; 8,848 meters at the peak of Qomolangma (Mount Everest)
Climatic features:
highland climate, with lower temperatures and less precipitation than most of China; thin atmosphere; long hours of sunshine; intense solar radiation
Average temperature:
minus 18 - 3.6 centigrade degree in Jan, 7 - 19 degree in July.
Annual average rainfall:
60 - 1,000 mm; high precipitation in the east and south and low in the north; 90 percent of the rain falls from June to September
Physical features:
almost the whole region is a plateau, known as the roof of the world; a small area in the southeast descends to the Brahmaputra River Valley; north of the Gangdis Range and south of the Kunlun Range is the vast Northern Tibet Plateau with hills, basins, lakes, and snow-covered peaks; the southern valleys between the Gangdis and the Himalayas are Tibet's principal farming and pastoral lands; in the east is a region of parallel mountains and valleys, which are the northern half of the Hengduan Mountains.
 Mountains:
the Himalayas in southern Tibet have an average elevation of 6,000 meters; in the north are the Kunlun and Tanggula Ranges; in the central southwest lies the Gangdis Range; the Hengduan Mountains are to the immediate east of the Nyainqentanglha Rang.Rivers:
the Yarlung Zangbo River, which is the upper reach of the Brahmaputra River, winds its way through Tibet's southern valleys; the Nujiang, Lancang, and Jinsha Rivers, which are respectively the upper reaches of the Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze Rivers, cut through the Hengduan Mountains and enter Yunnan Province. Lakes:
Tibet has over 1,000 lakes, with the Nam Co (1,920 square kilometers) being the second largest salt lake in China; other major lakes are the Siling Co, Gyaring Co, Ngangze Co, Tangra Yumco, and Yamzho Yumco
Products:
wheat, highland barley, buckwheat; iron, coal, copper, borax, salt; medicinal herbs
Administrative divisions:
2 city and 76 counties Neighboring areas:
Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionNeighboring countries:
India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Burma Tourist attraction:
Potala Palace in Lhasa
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