Factbox: Tibet facts and figures
(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-09-07 17:38LEGISLATORS
21 people are national legislators or deputies to the National People's Congress
445 people are Tibetan regional legislators (68 percent of them are ethnic minorities)
ADMINISTRATION
59,336 public servants
70.95 percent of officials in Tibet are ethnic minorities
129 registered foreign nationals working in Tibet
MONEY (2014; 1 U.S. dollar = 6.35 yuan)
92 billion yuan in GDP (281 times the figure 50 years ago)
111.97 billion yuan in fixed asset investment
22,016 yuan of annual disposable income (urban per capita)
7,359 yuan of annual disposable income (rural per capita)
15 million tourists (20-percent growth from 2013)
33 cities with direct flights to Tibet
75,470 km of highway
RELIGION
46,000 monks and nuns
1,787 religious venues
358 living Buddhas
Four mosques
One Catholic church
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