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China City and Province:
Tibet (Xi'zang) |
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Geography of
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Situated in the southwest frontier of China, Tibet Autonomous Region
covers a total area of 1,220,000 square kilometres with population of
2,770,000 (2005). Standing in the southern part of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the
whole autonomous region overwhelmingly comprises mountain range with an
average elevation of over 4,000 meters above sea level. With an average
of over 4,500 meters above sea level the North Tibetan Plateau occupies
two- thirds of the whole range. Basins Are surrounded by hills ranging
from 300 to 500 metres high, south of the North Tibetan Plateau, lying
between Mountain Kailash (Gangdise) and the Himalayas, stretches the
valley of Tsangpo(Yarlung Zangbo) River and its tributaries, commonly
known as South Tibetan Valley.
This valley, 4,000 metres above sea level, slops down from west to
east with Lhasa River Valley plain as its widest section. From
southern edge to China-Nepal border where Mount Qomolangms stands
upright,8848 meters above sea level, lies the Himalayas whose elevation
average 6,000 meters above sea level. To the east is the north range of
the famous Hengduan Mountains, known as East Tibetan Gully Area. Its
north section, 5,200 metres above sea level, is flat on the top; whereas
its south part, 4000 metres above sea level, abruptly falls down 2,500
meters from the top to the bottom.
The Tsangpo River, the largest in Tibet, whose upper reaches called
Tachog Khabab (Maquan River), gets water from Jiema Yangzong glacier in
the Himalayas, and stretches 2,057 kilometres before it flows into
India, where it is called the Brahmaputra River. Other large rivers such
as the Nujiang River, the Lancang River and the Jinsha River are all
full of deep falls and rapids and Tibet abounds in water resources.
The Namtso (Namco) Lake in North Tibetan Plateau is the second largest
salt water lake in China, covering an area of 1,920 square kilometres.
The Kyiring Tso (Siling Co) Lake covers an area of 1,865 square
kilometres. In addition, there are the Yardak Yumtso (Yarzhoyum Co)
Lake, Puma Yumtso Lake and Mapham Yumtso Lake. These lakes all have a
great influence on Tibetans' livelihood. |
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Tibet (Xi'zang) Climate |
Tibet as a whole has plateau climate----low temperature, scanty
rainfall, thin air and plentiful sunshine. As a result of monsoon
blowing in from India, the southern Tibet is warmer and more humid. Its
average annual temperature is between -3ºC and 12ºC (26.6 ºF and 53.6
ºF). In January, the
temperature remains between -18ºC and 3.6ºC (-0.4 ºF and 38.48 ºF) and between 7ºC
and 19ºC (44.6 ºF and 66.2 ºF) in
July. Tibet is one of those areas in China that get longest time of
sunshine everyday. Lhasa and Shigats (Xigatse) both enjoy the fame of
the "City of Sunlight".
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Brief History of
Tibet (Xi'zang) |
In ancient times, Tibet was known as Qiang or Rong and called Turpan in
the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1280) Dynasties. In the Yuan
(1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties, Tibet was
under the jurisdiction of the China central government. Tibet was divided into
U, Tsang, Kham and Ngari in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The present name, Tibet,
appeared in 1663.
Tibet Autonomous Region was set up on September 9, 1956 after the
Communist Party established People's Republic of China in 1949.
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Tibet
(Xi'zang)
Local Products |
Agriculture is well-developed in south-eastern Tibet thanks to large
rainfall, warm weather and forests. Millet, wheat, peas are the main
produce. Rice, sugar cane and bananas are grown in Loyul district.
Vegetable production has become more spread-over and experiments of
planting tobacco, tea business and sugar beets have shown remarkable
results. In animal husbandry areas, flocks of yaks, sheep and goats look
for their food everywhere. Snow leopards, bears and antelopes peer
through thick foliages.
Such precious herbs as musk, deer antlers, caterpillars and bulb of
fritillary are produced. Deposits of coal, iron, copper, borax, and
placer, natural alkaline and salt have been opened up. In addition to
Tibet's traditional handicrafts is Tibetan tweed and incense. Tibet
has established industries such as electricity, wooden textile,
chemistry, paper making, matches and construction material. Tibet is
rich in terrestrial heat. Fruits include peaches, pears, apricots and
apples. Lake teem with fish of many kinds. |
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Tibet
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Local Cuisine |
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Places of Interests and Tourist Attractions of
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Cities and Towns in
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China's
Administrative Divisions |
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4 Municipalities*
23 Provinces:
5 Autonomous Regions***
2 Special Administrative
Regions (SAR)****
Notes:
* Municipalities
are directly under the administration of central government. A
municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional
rights as a province;
**Taiwan
Issue:
a result of China's civil
war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland
China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic
of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China")
and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal
sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of
its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)
*** Autonomous Regions was
provincial level administrative division of China, like
province, an autonomous region has its won local government,
but has more legislative rights. Autonomous Region is a
minority entity which has higher population of a particular
minority ethnic group.
**** Special Administrative
Regions (SAR) was established specially designed for solving
Hong Kong and Macao issues and based on the concept of "one country,
two systems", SAR is in a pattern within which two completely
different social systems (socialist system and capitalist system) and
ideologies can coexist, SAR has more autonomous power regulated
clearly by laws, including executive, legislative and independent
judicial power.
The statistics of each administrative division are collected from
official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your
reference only.
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