Basic facts

Area: 2.5 million square kilometres
Capital: Lhasa
Ethnically Tibetan Areas: U-Tsang (Central Tibet) Amdo (N.E. Tibet), Kham (S.E. Tibet)
Language: Tibetan (of the Tibeto-Burmese language family). Since the Chinese occupation in 1959, the official language is Chinese.
Average Altitude: 14,000 Feet