The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Tibet or Xizang for short, cried the Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
; Cheenese: 西藏自治区) an aw, is a province-level autonomous region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (PRC). It wis creatit in 1965 on the basis o an admeenistrative region which haed been incorporatit intae the PRC in 1951.
Quick facts Tibet Autonomous RegionXizang Autonomous Region 西藏自治区, Name transcription(s) ...
Tibet Autonomous Region
Xizang Autonomous Region
西藏自治区 |
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Autonomous region |
| Name transcription(s) |
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| • Cheenese | 西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū) |
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| • Abbreviation | 藏 (pinyin: Zàng) |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) |
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| • བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། | Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs |
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 Map shawin the location o Tibet Autonomous Region
Xizang Autonomous Region |
| Named for | Frae wird Tibat o disputit oreegin. |
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Caipital
(an lairgest ceety) | Lhasa |
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| Divisions | 7 prefecturs, 73 coonties, 692 tounships |
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| Govrenment |
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| • Secretar | Zhang Qingli |
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| • Govrenor | Padma Choling |
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| Area |
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| • Total | 1228400 km2 (474,300 sq mi) |
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| Area rank | 2nd |
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| Population (2010) |
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| • Total | 3,002,166[1][2] |
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| • Rank | 31st |
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| • Density rank | 33rd |
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| Demographics |
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| • Ethnic composeetion | 92.8% Tibetan6.1% Han0.3% Monpa0.3% Hui0.2% others |
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| ISO 3166 code | CN-54 |
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| GDP (2011) | CNY 60.5 billion
US$ 9.6 billion (32nt) |
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| • per capita | CNY 17,319
US$ 2,558 (28t) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.630 (medium) (31st) |
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| Website | http://www.xizang.gov.cn/ |
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Quick facts Chinese name, Semplifeed Cheenese ...
| Tibet Autonomous Region |
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| Semplifeed Cheenese | 西藏自治区 |
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| Tradeetional Cheenese | 西藏自治區 |
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| Transcriptions |
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| Staundart Mandarin |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīzàng Zìzhìqū |
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| Wu |
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| Romanieation | si平zaon去 zy去zy去chiu平 |
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| Hakka |
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| Romanisation | Sî-tshông Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî |
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| Yue: Cantonese |
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| Jyutping | sai1zong6 zi6zi6keoi1 |
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| Soothren Min |
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| Hokkien POJ | Se-chōng Chū-tī-khu |
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| Teochew Peng'im | Sai-tsăng Tsĕu-tī-khu |
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| Eastren Min |
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| Fuzhou BUC | Să̤-câung Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆ |
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| Tibetan name |
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| Tibetan | བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། |
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| Transcriptions |
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| Wylie | Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs |
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| Tibetan Pinyin | Poi Ranggyong Jong |
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Athin the Cheenae, Tibet is identifeed wi the Autonomous Region, which includes aboot hauf o ethno-cultural Tibet, includin the traditional provinces o Ü-Tsang an the wastren hauf o Kham. The borders o the present Autonomous Region coincide roughly wi the actual zone o control o the then-govrenment o Tibet in 1950. The Tibet Autonomous Region is the seicont-lairgest province-level diveesion o Cheenae bi aurie, spannin ower 1,200,000 square kilometre (460,000 sq mi), efter Xinjiang, an due tae its generally hairsk terrain, is the least densely populatit provincial-level diveesion o the PRC.
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