Ngari Prefecture

Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区 · མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ། Ali Prefecture
Prefecture
Lake Manasarovar and Mount Naimona'nyi
Location of Ngari Prefecture within China
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture seat	Shiquanhe, Gar County
Area
• Total	304,683 km2 (117,639 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	123,281
• Density	0.40/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	CN¥ 9.14 billion[2] US$ 1.25 billion
• 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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Ngari Prefecture (Tibetan: མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ།, Wylie: mnga' ris sa khul, ZYPY: 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).