Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region Xizang Autonomous Region Chinese: 西藏自治区 Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
Autonomous region
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)
• Abbreviation	Chinese: 藏; pinyin: Zàng; literally: "Tsang"
• Tibetan script	བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
• Wylie transliteration	bod rang skyong ljongs
• official transcription (PRC)	Poi Ranggyong Jong
Map showing the location of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Named for	བོད་ (Bö or Poi) is the Tibetan name of the Greater Tibet region. 西藏 (Xīzàng) means "Western Tsang", a subregion of Greater Tibet. "Tibet" is from the word Tibat of disputed origin.
Capital and largest city	Lhasa
Divisions	5 prefecture-level cities, 2 prefectures, 6 districts, 68 counties, 692 townships
Government
• Party Secretary	Wu Yingjie
• Government Chairman	Che Dalha
Area
• Total	1,228,400 km2 (474,300 sq mi)
Area rank	2nd
Population (December 2014)
• Total	3,180,000
• Rank	32nd
• Density	2.59/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
• Density rank	33rd
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	90% Tibetan 8% Han 0.3% Monpa 0.3% Hui 0.2% others
• Languages and dialects	Tibetan, Mandarin Chinese
ISO 3166 code	CN-54
GDP (2014)	CNY 0.1 trillion USD 15 billion (32nd)
- per capita	CNY 29,000 USD 4,800 (28th)
HDI (2010)	0.569 (medium) (31st)
Website	www.xizang.gov.cn

Tibet
"Tibet" in Chinese as "Xīzàng" (top) and in Tibetan as "Poi" (bottom)
Chinese name
Chinese	西藏
Literal meaning	"Western Tsang" or "West-Tsang"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīzàng Wade–Giles Hsi1-tsang4 IPA [ɕítsâŋ] Wu Romanization Si平zaon去 Hakka Romanization Sî-tshông Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sai1zong6 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Se-chōng Teochew Peng'im Sai-tsăng Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Să̤-câung
Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)
Simplified Chinese	西藏自治区
Traditional Chinese	西藏自治區
Literal meaning	"Western Tsang" Autonomous Region
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīzàng Zìzhìqū Wu Romanization Si平zaon去 Zy去zy去chiu平 Hakka Romanization Sî-tshông Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sai1zong6 Zi6zi6keoi1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Se-chōng Chū-tī-khu Teochew Peng'im Sai-tsăng Tsĕu-tī-khu Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Să̤-câung Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆
Tibetan name
Tibetan	བོད་
Transcriptions Wylie Bod Tibetan Pinyin Poi

The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang (Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xīzàng; literally: "Tsang"; Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod, ZYPY: Poi) for short, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area, an administrative division the PRC inherited from the Republic of China (ROC), about 5 years after the dismissal of the Kashag by the PRC following the 1959 Tibetan uprising, and about 13 years from the Tibet's incorporation into the PRC in 1951.

Within China, Tibet is identified as an autonomous region. The current borders of Tibet were generally established in the eighteenth century and include about half of ethno-cultural Tibet. The Tibet Autonomous Region is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi), after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated provincial-level division of the PRC.