Tibet Autonomous Region Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་, Pö Rangyongjong; Chinese: 西藏自治区, Xīzàng Zìzhìqū), is a province-level administrative subdivision of the People's Republic of China (PRC).Within the PRC the TAR is identified with Tibet, a characterization hotly disputed by many Tibetan exile groups, particularly the Government of Tibet in Exile, which define the terms "Tibet" or "historic Tibet" to include not just the TAR, but also the traditional province of Amdo, today encorporated in Qinghai province and southwestern of Gansu province, and the traditional province of Kham (eastern half), today in western Sichuan province and northwestern Yunnan province. The TAR includes about half of historic Tibet, including the traditional provinces of U-Tsang and Kham (western half).
| Province Abbreviation(s): 藏 zàng | |
| Capital | Lhasa |
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 2nd 1,200,000 km² xx% |
| Population
- Total (Year) - Density | Ranked 32nd
2,630,000 2.2/km² |
| Administration Type | Autonomous Region |
| Chairman of the Government | Jampa Phuntsok |
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2 Geography 3 Administrative divisions 4 Demographics 5 Economy 6 Culture 7 Tourism 8 External links |
History
Previously a Region, Tibet, along with Qamdo territory, was made an Autonomous Region in 1965.
Following Soviet practice, there is a convention that the governor of the TAR is an ethnic Tibetan from the TAR while the general secretary of the local Communist Party committee is an outsider, usually Han Chinese. Notable general secretaries of the TAR Party committee include Hu Jintao who served in the 1980s.
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Geography
The TAR is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the highest region on Earth. Most of the Himalaya mountain range lies within Xizang; Mount Everest is on Xizang's border with Nepal.The TAR is bounded on the north and east by Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Sichuan, on the west by Kashmir and on the south by Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. TAR also borders on Bhutan, Sikkim, India, and Pakistan.
Administrative divisions
Tibet Autonomous Region is divided into 1 prefecture-level city (Lhasa) and 6 prefectures (Nagqu Prefecture, Qamdo Prefecture, Nyinchi Prefecture, Shannan Prefecture, Xigazê Prefecture, Ngari Prefecture). All of these are in turn divided into 1 district (Chengguan District, Lhasa), 1 county-level city (Xigazê), and 71 counties.
The TAR has the lowest population density among all of the province-level administrative regions in China, mainly due to its mountainous and harsh geographical features.
More than 90% of the people living in Xizang are ethnic Tibetan. Other ethnic groups include Han, Menba, Lhoba and Hui.
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