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Land Size: 2.5 million square kilometres, which includes U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo provinces. "Tibet Autonomous Region", consisting of U-Tsang and a small portion of Kham, consists of 1.2 million square kilometres. The bulk of Tibet lies outside the "TAR".
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| GENERAL INFORMATION |
| SIZE | 2.5 million sq. km. |
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| POPULATION | over 200 million |
| LANGUAGE | Tibetan |
| STAPLE FOOD | Tsampa (roasted barley flour) |
| NATIONAL DRINK | Salted butter tea |
| TYPICAL ANIMALS | Wild yak, Bharal (blue) sheep, Musk deer, Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, Kyang (wild ass), Pica |
| TYPICAL BIRDS | Black necked crane, Lammergeier, Great crested grebe, Bar-head_lowcaseed goose, Ruddy shel duck, Ibis-bill |
| MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS | Rampant deforestation in Eastern Tibet, poaching of large mammals |
| AVERAGE ALTITUDE | 14,000 ft. |
| HIGHEST MOUNTAIN | Chomo Langma (Mt. Everest) 29, 028 ft. |
| AVERAGE RAINFALL | Varies widely. In the west it is 1 mm in Jan. to 25 mm in July. In the east, it is 25-50 in Jan. and 800 in July |
| AVERAGE TEMPERATURE | July 58 f; Jan. 24 f. |
| MINERAL DEPOSITS | Borax, uranium, iron, chromite, gold |
| MAJOR RIVERS | Mekong, Yangtse, Salween, Tsangpo, Yellow |
| ECONOMY | Tibetans: predominantly in agriculture and animal husbandry. |
| PROVINCES | U-Tsang (Central Tibet), Amdo (N.E. Tibet), Kham (S.E. Tibet) |
| BORDERING COUNTRIES | India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma |
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