Ngari Prefecture

Also known as Ali Prefecture

prefecture in China's Tibet Autonomous Region

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ngari Prefecture is referenced by 857 other articles, and connects out to Xinjiang, pinyin and Sutlej.

The entry is geolocated on the map in 54.

It is catalogued under topics including Himalayas, Ngari Prefecture and Prefecture-level divisions of Tibet.

Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Country: People's Republic of China
Autonomous region: Tibet
Prefecture seat: Shiquanhe , Gar County
Total: 304,683 km (117,639 sq mi)
Density: 0.404621/km (1.04796/sq mi)
Per capita: CN¥ 74,000, US$ 10,000
Time zone: UTC+8 ( China Standard )
Iso 3166 code: CN-XJ-25
Website: Ngari (Ali) Prefecture Administrative Office

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Wikidata facts

Official name: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ།
Population: 123281
Area: 337174.95
Official website: www.xzali.gov.cn
Image: South of Huo'er, Tibet.jpg
Dialing code: 897
Licence plate code: 藏F

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Commons category: Ngari Prefecture
postal code: 859000
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Encyclopedic overview

Ngari Prefecture (Tibetan: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ།, Wylie: mnga' ris sa khul, ZWPY: 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 0.4 people per square kilometer (1.0 per square mile).

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ngari Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.