Basic data on the cultivated land area in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1956-2016)- A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles

The data set contains two tables detailing the total cultivated land area and the cultivated land area in every county at the end of each year. The data are time series data of cultivated land, dry land, paddy field and effective irrigated area in Tibet from 1959 to 2016 and were derived from the Tibet Society and Economics Statistical Yearbook and Tibet Statistical Yearbook. The accuracy of the data is consistent with that of the statistical yearbooks.

Table 1: The table of cultivated land area contains 7 fields.

Field 1: Year of the data

Field 2: Year-end actual cultivated land area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 3: Dry land area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 4: Paddy field area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 5: Reduced area in the current year, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 6: Land occupation of national infrastructure, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 7: Increased area in the current year, unit: 1000 hectares

Table 2: The table of year-end cultivated land area in each county contains 5 fields.

Field 1: Year of the data

Field 2: The districts and counties included in the data

Field 3: Actual cultivated land area, unit: hectare

Field 4: Dry land area, unit: hectare

Field 5: Effective irrigated area, unit: hectare

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National Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Basic data on the cultivated land area in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1956-2016). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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