Tibet Information

Tibet is located in a high-mountain area in the south-western part of the great country, China, and is a province-level administrative region of China. Lhasa, is the capital city of Tibet and is Tibet's major core of trade, tourism, commerce, education, and government and the headquarters of the region's major religious institutions. Tibet is also known as the "Roof of the World" and has long been a favoured destination for tourists from around the world. It is officially called the Tibet (Chinese Xizang) Autonomous Region (TAR). The TAR covers an area of 1,222,000 sq km (471,800 sq mi). It is bounded on the north by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province; on the east by Sichuan and Yunnan provinces; on the south by Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), India, Bhutan, and Nepal. Throughout its long history, Tibet at times has governed itself as an independent state and at other times has had various levels of association with China. Tibet covers an area of about 120 square kilometres (29,652 acres), making it the second largest region in China after Xinjiang Autonomous Region and have about 2.6 million people.

The vast majority of Tibet's people live in rural areas and a large but diminishing population is nomadic or semi nomadic. The majority of people in Tibet are ethnic Tibetans, and the largest minority are Han Chinese, China's majority ethnic group. Tibetan Buddhism is the religion of the overwhelming majority of the population. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from India, Lhasa, the capital and largest city, is the southern part of Tibet is situated entirely within the Himalayas, and many of the world's highest summits are located in the main Himalayan chain. Among the principal peaks is Mount Everest (8,850) the world's highest mountain; Namcha Barwa (7,756 m/25,446 ft); and Gurla Mandhata (7,728 m/25,354 ft). Tibet is the source of many of the continent's major rivers. Some of them are The Brahmaputra, The Ganga, The Sutlej, The Salween (Nu Jiang), the Mekong (Lancang Jiang), Yangtze (Chang Jiang ), and Huang He ( Yellow River etc. Many of Tibet 's rivers have potential for hydroelectric development. The Tibetan Plateau is dotted with numerous somewhat salty lakes, including Ngangla Ringco in the west and Nam Co (Na-mu-ts'o) in the east. There are many places in Tibet to visit and may need many times to visit but among of them are mentioned below.