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Geography Of Tibet
Tibet, a rich and beautiful land, is located at the main
part of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, south-West frontier of China.
Tibet borders with Sichuan, Yuannan, Qinghai And Xinjiang;
to the south contiguous to India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and
Burma, and bounded by Kashmir on the west. When the word
Tibet is mentioned something icy chills the readers' nerves.
In fact it snows only once or twice in a year and owing to
the perpetuity of bright sunshine, it is not at all cold
during the daytime even in the coldest of the winter. Tibet
is so sunny that it produces a year-round sunshine of over
3,000 hours in a year. Its old name-"land of snow" - the
name by which Tibet is almost popularly known as, is always
thickly covered with snow with hardly any signs Of
inhabitation. In fact, it is correct only when it is
referred to the world greatest ranges located in Ima, the
Tisi, and like. These ranges, run by leaps and bounds across
the country showing their beautiful snow covered peaks
against the bluest of skies.
Geographically, Tibet can be divided into three major parts,
the east, north and south. The eastern part is forest
region, occupying approximately one-fourth of the land.
Virgin forests run The entire breadth and length of this
part of Tibet. The northern part is open grassland, where
nomads and yak and sheep dwell here. This part occupies
approximately half of Tibet. The southern and central part
is agricultural region, occupying about one-fourth of
Tibet's land area. with all major Tibetan cities and towns
such as Lhasa, Shigatse, Gyantse ad Tsetang located in this
area, it is considered the cultural center of Tibet. The
total area of the Tibet Autonomous Region is 1,200,000
square kilometers and its population is 1,890,000. The
region is administratively divided into one municipality and
six prefectures. The municipality is Lhasa, while the six
prefectures are Shigatse, Ngari, Lhaoka, Chamdo, Nakchu and
Nyingtri (kongpo). The People's Government of the Tibet
Autonomous Region exercises the highest administrative
authority in Tibet
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