Tibet

Situated in the southwestern border of China in the southwest of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the Tibet Autonomous Region is bordered by Xinjiang in the north, Sichuan in the east , Qinghai in the northeast, Yunnan in the southeast and Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal in the south and west respectively. With an area of over 1.2 million sq km, the Tibet Autonomous Region has a population of over 2.7 million, with the Tibetans as the predominant ethnic group.