Ngari Prefecture

Ngari Prefecture
阿里地区 · མངའ་རིས་ས་ཁུལ།
Ali Prefecture
Lake Manasarovar and Mount Naimona'nyi
Location of Ngari Prefecture within China
Location of Ngari Prefecture within China
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture seatGar County (Shiquanhe)
Area
 • Total
304,683 km2 (117,639 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
95,465
 • Density0.31/km2 (0.81/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalCN¥ 3.7 billion
US$ 0.6 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 36,378
US$ 5,841
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-XJ-25
WebsiteNgari(Ali) Prefecture Government

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 0.3 people per kilometer (0.85 per mile).[citation needed]