Tibet MapCapital:Lhasa,
the capital of the Tibet, is located at, an altitude of 3,650 meters
above sea level. It has been the center of politics, culture, and
religion in Tibet for more than 1,300 years. Its name "Lhasa" means
"the land of gods".
Total area :9,596,961 sq km.
Population:Total population of Tibet is 2.62 million (the 2000 population census)
Land area:Total
land area of Tibet is 9,596,961 sq km. Almost completely surrounded by
mountain ranges (including the Himalayas in the south and the Kunlun in
the north), Tibet is largely a plateau. Many of the rivers of Asia,
especially the Chang (Yangtze), the Mekong, and the Thanlwin, rise in
Tibet; the most important is the Yarlung Zangbo (the Brahmaputra), which
follows an easterly course through Tibet. North of the Yarlung Zangbo
are many salt lakes, the largest being Nam Co (Tengri Nor) in the
east. The 1.22 million-square-kilometer autonomous region accounts for
12.8 percent of China's total land area.
Water area:270,550 km2 (around 3 percent).
Coastline:7,000 km
Area Comparative:Slightly smaller than the US.
Land boundaries:Total: 22,117 km
Border
countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India
3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km,
Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia
(northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km,
Vietnam 1,281 km
Regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km.
Location:20 00 N, 77 00 E, Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan.
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