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Tibet

"1. Name: Tibet Autonomous Region

2. Area: 1,228,400 million square kilometers

3. Population: 2.62 million (the 2000 population census)

4. Capital: Lhasa

5. Geography: Tibet Autonomous Region, as the main part of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, is located in the southwestern border area of China between east longitude 78° 25' - 90° 06' and north latitude 26° 50' - 36° 53'. It has a common boundary with some other provinces or autonomous regions such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Xinjiang. It is bounded on the west by the Kashmir Zone, and borders on some countries and areas in South and Southeast Asia, namely Myanmar (Burma), India, Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal. "

http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/database/chinadata/tibet.htm

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