"Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southeastern Qinghai province, in the Amdo region of Tibet. Over 90% of the 125,000 people who live in Golok are Tibetan. Most of the people in Golok are nomadic with many of them living in traditional style Tibetan tents. Most of Golok is well above 4000m / 13,120 feet so summers are short and winters are long and cold. Golok is famous across the Tibetan Plateau as being the home of Amnye Machen, one of the 4 main holy mountains of Tibet. Each year, thousands of pilgrims make their way to Amnye Machen (pictured above) to make a pilgrimage around the mountain. The trek around the mountain takes about 5 or 6 days. Amnye Machen rises 6282m / 20,605 feet and is the highest mountain in Amdo."http://kekexili.typepad.com/life_on_the_tibetan_plate/2008/05/golok-holy-moun.html
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