Tibet Autonomous Region

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.

Tibet Autonomous Region Xizang Autonomous Region 西藏自治区
Autonomous region
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)
• Abbreviation	藏 (pinyin: Zàng)
Tibetan transcription(s)
• བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།	Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs
Map shawin the location o Tibet Autonomous Region Xizang Autonomous Region
Named for	Frae wird Tibat o disputit oreegin.
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Lhasa
Divisions	7 prefecturs, 73 coonties, 692 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Zhang Qingli
• Govrenor	Padma Choling
Area
• Total	1228400 km2 (474,300 sq mi)
Area rank	2nd
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,002,166[1][2]
• Rank	31st
• Density rank	33rd
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	92.8% Tibetan 6.1% Han 0.3% Monpa 0.3% Hui 0.2% others
ISO 3166 code	CN-54
GDP (2011)	CNY 60.5 billion US$ 9.6 billion (32nt)
• per capita	CNY 17,319 US$ 2,558 (28t)
HDI (2008)	0.630 (medium) (31st)
Website	http://www.xizang.gov.cn/

Tibet Autonomous Region
Chinese name
Semplifeed Cheenese	西藏自治区
Tradeetional Cheenese	西藏自治區
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Tibetan name
Tibetan	བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
Transcriptions Wylie Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs Tibetan Pinyin Poi Ranggyong Jong

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.