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Tibetan 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: ; 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
Map showing the location of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Named for བོད་ ( 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 (Chinese and Tibetan).svg
"Tibet" in Chinese as "Xīzàng" (top)
and in Tibetan as "Poi" (bottom)
Chinese name
Chinese 西藏
Literal meaning "Western Tsang" or "West-Tsang"
Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)
Simplified Chinese 西藏自治区
Traditional Chinese 西藏自治區
Literal meaning "Western Tsang" Autonomous Region
Tibetan name
Tibetan བོད་

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.


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