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The Tibetan Plateau , also known in ___MASK44___ as the Qinghai  Tibet Plateau or the Qingzang Plateau or Himalayan Plateau , is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia and East Asia , covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western ___MASK44___ , as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India . It stretches approximately north to south and east to west . With an average elevation exceeding , the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called " the Roof of the World " and is the world ' s highest and largest plateau , with an area of ( about five times the size of Metropolitan France ). Sometimes termed the Third Pole , the Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions . Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a " water tower " storing water and maintaining flow . The impact of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau is of intense scientific interest . Mount Everest , also known in ___MASK100___ as Sagarmth and in ___MASK44___ as Chomolungma /  , is earth ' s highest mountain . Its peak is above sea level . Mount Everest is in the Mahalangur Range . The international border between ___MASK44___ ( Tibet Autonomous Region ) and ___MASK100___ runs across Everest ' s summit point . Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse , ; Nuptse , , and Changtse , . An ethnic group or ethnicity is a category ___MASK88___ people who identify with each other based on similarities , such as common ancestral , language , social , cultural or national experiences . Unlike other social groups ( wealth , age , hobbies ), ethnicity is often an inherited status based on the society in which one lives . In some cases , it can be adopted if a person moves into another society . Membership ___MASK88___ an ethnic group tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage , ancestry , origin myth , history , homeland , language or dialect , symbolic systems such as religion , mythology and ritual , cuisine , dressing style , art , and physical appearance . ___MASK98___ is a county within the ___MASK2___ ___MASK88___ the Tibet Autonomous Region , western People ' s Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ . The name ___MASK88___ the county in the Tibetan language means " black river ". The SASM / GNC / SRC romanization ___MASK88___ Tibetan , commonly known as Tibetan pinyin , is the official transcription system for the Tibetan language in the People ' s Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ for personal names and place names . It is based on the Lhasa dialect ___MASK88___ Standard Tibetan and reflects the pronunciation except that it does not mark tone . It is used within ___MASK44___ as an alternative to the Wylie transliteration for writing Tibetan in the Latin script within academic circles ; Wylie transliteration ( with a " v " replacing the apostrophe ) is more commonly used . The Hui people ( Xiao ' erjing : ; Dungan :  , " Xuejzw ") are a Chinese ethnic group which is composed predominantly ___MASK88___ adherents ___MASK88___ the Muslim faith and found throughout ___MASK44___ , though they are concentrated mainly in the Northwestern provinces ___MASK88___ the country and the Zhongyuan . According to a 2011 census , ___MASK44___ is home to approximately 10 . 5 million Hui people , the majority ___MASK88___ whom are Chinese - speaking practitioners ___MASK88___ Islam , though some practice other religions . Nagqu Town , also known as Nagchu or Naqu ( Chinese :  ; pinyin : Nàq ) , is a town in ___MASK89___ Tibet , seat of Nagqu Prefecture , approximately 328 km ( 204 mi ) by road north - east of the capital Lhasa , within the ___MASK44___ . It is connected by the Qingzang railway at 4 , 526 m ( 14 , 849 ft ) . At the time of the visit in 1950 of Thubten Jigme Norbu , the elder brother of Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama , Nagchukha was a small town with only a few clay huts but was also the headquarters of the District Officer , the Dzongpön . It was on the main caravan route coming from Amdo to Central Tibet . ___MASK44___ is planning to build Nagqu Airport , the highest airport in the world at an altitude of 4 , 436 m ( 14 , 554 ft ) . The construction is planned to start in 2011 and expected to take three years to complete . When completed , it will overtake the current highest , Qamdo Bangda Airport , with an elevation of 4 , 334 m ( 14 , 219 ft ) . With all months having a mean temperature below 10 ° C , Nagqu has a alpine climate ( Köppen EH ) , with long , very cold and dry winters , and short , cool summers . due to the town ' s high altitude . ___MASK2___ ( also Naqu or Nagchu ; ) is the largest prefecture ___MASK88___ the Tibet Autonomous Region . Nagqu has a total area ___MASK88___ . The prefecture is divided into 11 counties and the capital ___MASK88___ Nagchu Town is located within ___MASK98___ . Asia is ___MASK55___ ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and ___MASK89___ hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of ___MASK55___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the ___MASK55___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet . They number an estimate ___MASK88___ 7 . 8 million . Significant Tibetan minorities also live outside ___MASK88___ Tibet Autonomous Region ( TAR ) in ___MASK44___ , and in India , Nepal , and Bhutan . Lhoba ( Lo , Klo , Glo ) is any ___MASK88___ a diverse amalgamation ___MASK88___ Sino - Tibetan - speaking tribespeople living in and around Pemako , a region in southeastern Tibet including Mainling , Medog , Zayü counties ___MASK88___ Nyingchi Prefecture and Lhünzê County ___MASK88___ Lhoka ( Shannan ) Prefecture . The term is ___MASK88___ obscure , though probably Standard Tibetan , in origin and is largely promulgated by the Chinese government , which officially recognises Lhoba as one ___MASK88___ the 56 ethnic groups in ___MASK44___ . Tibet ( Tibetan Pinyin : " boe ", ; / i t  s¹ /) is a region on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia . It is the traditional homeland ___MASK88___ the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa , Qiang , and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers ___MASK88___ Han Chinese and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on Earth , with an average elevation ___MASK88___ . The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest , Earth ' s highest mountain , rising 8 , 848 m ( 29 , 029 ft ) above sea level . The Han Chinese , Han people or simply Han (  ; pinyin : " Hànzú ", literally " Han ethnicity " or " Han ethnic group "; or  ; pinyin : " Hànrén ", literally " Han people ") are an ethnic group native to ___MASK47___ Asia . They constitute approximately 92 % ___MASK88___ the population ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ , 95 % ___MASK88___ Taiwan ( Han Taiwanese ), 76 % ___MASK88___ Singapore , 23 % ___MASK88___ Malaysia and about 18 % ___MASK88___ the global population . Han Chinese are the world ' s largest ethnic group with over 1 . 3 billion people . The ___MASK29___ ( TAR ) or Xizang Autonomous Region , called Tibet or Xizang for short , is a province - level autonomous region ___MASK88___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ ( PRC ). It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area , an administrative division the PRC inherited from the Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ ( ROC ), about 5 years after the dismissal ___MASK88___ the Kashag by the PRC following the 1959 Tibetan uprising , and about 13 years from the Tibet ' s incorporation into the PRC in 1951 . ___MASK15___ is a city and administrative capital ___MASK88___ the Tibet Autonomous Region ___MASK88___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ . The main urban area ___MASK88___ ___MASK15___ is roughly equivalent to the administrative borders ___MASK88___ Chengguan District , which is part ___MASK88___ the wider ___MASK15___ prefecture - level city , an area formerly administered as a prefecture .