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| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area :1,228,400 km2
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Agriculture : asparagus, barley,
cabbages, carrots, celery, garlic, green peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, wax gourds
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Regional government office address :
Central Gyinzhu Road, Lhasa
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| Capital and Largest City : Lhasa
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Animal products : beef, dairy
products
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Telephone : not available
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| English meaning of name : Western
Buddhists
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Foreign direct investment (2003) :
not available
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Website (Chinese) :
www.tibetinfor.com
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Tibetan
93%, Han 6%, Hui 0.3%, Monpa 0.3%
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GDP (2002) : 16.1 billion yuan
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Website (English) : www.tibet.cn/english/index.asp
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| Organization : 7 prefectures; 73
counties; 692 townships
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GDP per capita : 6046 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 2,670,000
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Industry : biological products and
health foods (beverages), building materials, carpets, food processing, mining,
Tibetan medicine, tourism, traditional handicrafts
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Airports : Lhasa Gonggar Airport
(LXA), Qamdo Bamba Airport, Tawa Airport (TWY)
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| Population density : 2.2/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects :http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/67822.htm
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Highways/railroads
: 24,808 km of highways including 5,553 km of
expressways (see http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn
/tibetzt/jiaotong/index_jt.html);
the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which will connect
Lhasa with the Chinese rail network, is now
being built (see
http://www.tibet.cn /english
/zt/040719_qztl/map.html#)
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| Weather : cool, dry summers; cold,
dry winters with high winds
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Mineral resources : agate, arsenic,
barite, boron, chromite, copper, corundum, diatomaceous earth, gypsum, iceland
spar, kaolin clay, lithium, magnesite, mica, mirabilite, natural soda, peat,
phosphorus, potassium, rock quartz, salt, sulphur
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Major ports : none (Tibet is
landlocked with no navigable rivers)
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