Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Prefecture (Tibetan: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ་, Wylie: mnga' ris sa khul, ZYPY: ngari sakü) or Ali Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 阿里地区; traditional Chinese: 阿里地區; pinyin: Ālǐ Dìqū) is a prefecture of China's Tibet Autonomous Region covering Western Tibet, whose traditional name is Ngari Khorsum. Its administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Shiquanhe. It is one of the least densely populated areas in the world, with 0.3 people per kilometer (0.85 per mile).
Ngari Prefecture
阿里地区 · མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ། Ali Prefecture | |
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Lake Manasarovar and Mount Naimona'nyi | |
Ngari prefecture in Western Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture seat | Gar County (Shiquanhe) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 304,683 km2 (117,639 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 95,465 |
| • Density | 0.31/km2 (0.81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-25 |
| Website | Ngari(Ali) Prefecture Government |
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