Road from Yecheng to Dorma, Entering Tibet from Xinjiang
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was created in 1965 on the basis of Tibet's incorporation by the PRC in 1951. Tibet is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1,200,000 square kilometres, after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated province of the PRC. Tibet is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Qiang and Lhoba peoples. It is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 metres. The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, earth's highest mountain rising 8,848 m above sea level. Long at last, after two long days of driving on dirt roads, crossing rivers and getting nearly stuck, overtaking trucks without visibility, winding up and down mountain passes, those 2 grand road signs on Highway 219 announced that we were leaving Xinjiang and entering Tibet. The signs were only in Chinese -not translated in Tibetan, Uyghur or English. Highway 219 is definetely not a major highway!
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Location: Tibet, China
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
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