Area:	1,221,700 km²
Capital:	Lhasa
Borders:	India, Nepal (1236 km), Bhutan (470 km), Myanmar
Highest point:	Zhumulamafeng (Quolomunga, Mt. Everest), 8848 m
Time:	GMT plus eight hours
Measures:	Metric
Electricity:	220 V, 50 Hz
	It must be said that the region of the ethnic Tibetans consists not only as what is known Tibetan Autonomous Region, but an area covering a little more than 2 million km2 with a population of roughly 5 million Tibetans (excluding Chinese) as per Chinese government census. These regions are designated as Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures in four other Chinese provinces. The region as a whole is called Cholkha-sum by the Tibetans.

Population:	1.9 million
People:	Tibetan, since the occupation an increasing number of Han Chinese
Language:	Tibetan, Chinese, some English

		Temperature
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
C	-2	1	5	8	12	16
F	29	34	41	47	54	61
Month	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
C	16	16	14	9	4	0
F	62	60	58	48	39	32

		Rain
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
mm	0	13	8	5	25	64
in	0	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.5
Month	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
mm	122	89	66	13	3	0
in	4.8	3.5	2.6	5	0.1

Potala Palace The Tashihunpo Monastery The Norbulingka Park The Sakya Monastery-an Art Gallery The Xialu Monastery The Kubum Monastery and the 10,000 Buddha Pagoda The first Castle-Yungbulakang The Samye Monastery The Changzhu Monastery