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Tibet/Nepal
Tibet is considered an administrative region of China; its official name is the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and it is located in the southwestern part of China. It is bordered by Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar (Burma) on the south, and India on the south and west. The TAR occupies an area of about 472,000 sq miles (1,222,000 sq km). The TAR's capital city is Lhasa. According to the 1990 census, the population of the TAR was 2.2 million, the least populated part of China.
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Nepal is a country located in South Asia. It is bordered by China to the north and India to the east, south, and west. It covers an area of 56,827 sq mi (147,181 sq km) with a population of approximately 23.6 million. The capital of Nepal is Kathmandu. |
Tibetan rugs seem to have been influenced by Chinese and to lesser degree East Turkestan rugs. Tibetan rugs were mainly produced in Tibet for local use. However, after China took over Tibet in 1959, many Tibetans escaped to Nepal, Bhutan and India. In refugee camps, they began considerable commercial rug production. A rug industry did not exist in Nepal before the migration of Tibetan refugees.
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The important weaving centers of Nepal include Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Patan. Today, Tibetan style rugs made in Nepal are known as Tibetan rugs. Even though Tibet itself is not a major rug exporter, Nepal today is among the major rug exporters of Tibetan rugs to Europe. In addition, many Tibetan rugs made in Tibet and India are exported from China and India to Europe and the US. |
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