TIBET AT A GLANCE POPULATION: 6 million Tibetan and an undetermined no. of Chinese, most of whom are in Kham and Amdo SIZE: 2.5 million sq. km. CAPITAL: Lhasa RELIGION: Tibetan Buddhism is practiced by 99% of the Tibetan Pop. LANGUAGE: Tibetan (of the Tibeto-Burmese language family). official language is Chinese STAPLE FOOD: Tsampa (roasted barley flour) NATIONAL DRINK: Salted butter tea TYPICAL ANIMALS: Wild yak, Bharal (blue) sheep, Musk deer,Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, Kyang (wild ass), Pica TYPICAL BIRDS: Black neced crane, Lammergeier, Great crested grebe, Bar-headed goose, Ruddy shel duck, Ibis-bill MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: Rampant deforestation in eastern Tibet; desertification, poaching of large mamals AVERAGE ALTITUDE 12,000 ft. HIGHEST MOUNTAIN: Chomo Langma (Mt. Everest) 29,028 ft. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE:July 58 F; January 24 F MINERAL DEPOSITS: Borax, uranium, iron, chomite, gold MAJOR RIVERS: Mekong, Yangtse, Salween, Tsangpo, Yellow ECONOMY: Tibetan: predominantly in agriculture and animal husbandry Chinese: predominantly in govt., commerce, and service sector PROVINCES: U-Tsang (Central Tibet), Amdo (N.E. Tibet), Kham (S.E. Tibet) BORDERING COUNTRIES:India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China NATIONAL FLAG: Snow lions with red and blue rays. Outlawed in Tibet. POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADER: The 14th Dalai Lama. In exile in Dharamsala, India RELATIONSHIP WITH THE P.R.C.: Colonial LEGAL STATUS: Occupied

TIBET IN EXILE AT A GLANCE POPULATION: Total 131,000. India 100,000; Nepal 25,000; Bhutan 2,000; Switzerland 2,000; Canada 600; United States 1500. GOVERNMENT: Democratic. Popular & electoral college voting system SEAT OF GOVERNMENT: Dharamsala, Northern India HEAD OF STATE: His Holiness the Dalai Lama CABINET MINISTRIES: Education, Finance, Health, Home Affairs, Information & International Relations, Religion & Culture and Security ELECTION SCHEDULE: Assembly & Cabinet elections every 5 years INT'L GOV'T. OFFICES: Budapest, Paris, Geneva, Kathmandu, London, Moscow, New Delhi, New York, Tokyo, Zurich, Sydney GOV'T. PUBLICATIONS:Sheja ( Tibetan), Tibetan Bulletin, News Tibet (En) Tibbat Bulletin (Hindi), Actualities Tibetaines (Fr) INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS: Mangtso, Da-sar, Da-sa Phongya, Rangzen (Tibetan); Xiang Luntan (Chinese), Tibetan Review, Rangzen (En) LITERACY: Estimated at 60% MILITARY & POLICE: None GOVERNMENT INCOME: Annual voluntary tax, business revenue, donations NATIONAL FLAG: Mountain with snow lions & red & blue rays over sun NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: March 10- Uprising day; July 6- Birthday of H.H., Sept. 2- Democracy day; New Year (date changes) MAJOR INSTITUTIONS: Institute of Performing Arts, Library, School of Dialectics, Medical Institute, Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies TIBETAN NGOs: Women's Organization, Youth Congress, Amnye Machen LANGUAGE: Tibetan. The host country's language is also spoken RELIGION: Tibetan Buddhism ECONOMY: Agriculture, agro-industrial, handicrafts, small business, carpet weaving LEGAL STATUS: Stateless. A small percentage of Tibetans bear foreign passports. Most hold Indian registration certificates.