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Tibet Travel and Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Tibet (Xizang)
Capital City
Lhasa
Area
1,200,000 sq km
Population
2,700,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +8
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• Mandarin (official)
• Tibetan (other)
Religion
Buddhist, Bön faith, Daoist (Taoist), Christian, Muslim
Government Type
Communist Republic
Government Leaders
Hu Jintao
President (head of state)
Country Dialing Code
86
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