:This article is on Historic Tibet. "Tibet" can also refer to the Tibet Autonomous Region.Tibet ( Tibetan : བོད་, (Bod) pronounced Pö, Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xizàng) is a region of Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 m (16,000 ft), it is often called the "Roof of the World". In Western usage, "Tibet" may refer either to the Tibet Autonomous Region or TAR (an administrative subdivision of the People's Republic of China), or to a larger region that the Government of Tibet in Exile has termed historic Tibet, which consists of the traditional provinces of Amdo, Kham, and U-Tsang . The TAR covers the former U-Tsang province and western Kham, the remainder coming under the present-day Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan, and Sichuan; the government of the PRC also claims for the TAR most of the territory of Indian-administered Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh Formed Assam 20 February 1987 Language none predominant Capital Itanagar Governor (Indian appointed) Vinod Chandra Pande Chief Minister Gegong Apang Area 83,743 km² Population Total (2001) Density 1,091,117 13/km² Literacy: 54. 74% Curre, a claim which is not acknowledged by the Government of Tibet in Exile.
Since 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac the former government of Tibet, led by the 14th Dalai LamaTenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama . Early years The Dalai Lama was born to a farming family as Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935, in the village of Taktser in the northeastern region of Tibet. At the age of two the child was recognized a has maintained a government in exile in northern IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy. which claims sovereignty over Tibet, with borders which they have defined as the entirety of what they term "historic Tibet".
The borders of Historic Tibet as claimed by the Government of Tibet in Exile. The Tibet Autonomous Region does not include the northern and eastern parts of this region, but does claim to include India-controlled Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh Formed Assam 20 February 1987 Language none predominant Capital Itanagar Governor (Indian appointed) Vinod Chandra Pande Chief Minister Gegong Apang Area 83,743 km² Population Total (2001) Density 1,091,117 13/km² Literacy: 54. 74% Curre (not shown on map).
Lhasa is the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region and is the traditional capital of Tibet. Other cities in Greater Tibet include Xigazê , Gyangtse , Golmud, Lhatse, Maqin, Pelbar, Sakya, Tingri, Tongren, Xining, Yushu, Zhangmu.
1 Naming
The Chinese name for Tibet, 西藏, Xizàng, is a phonetic transliteration derived from U-Tsang and has been in use since the 18th century. The Chinese character (藏, zàng), is also used to describe things Tibetan such as the Tibetan language (藏文, zàng wén) and the Tibetan people (藏族, zàng zú). The two characters of Xizang can literally mean "western storehouse", which some Tibetans and their supporters find offensive. However, the offending character, "zàng", can also mean "treasure", or "Buddhist scripture". In addition, Chinese transliterations of non-Chinese names rarely take into account the literal meanings of words; usually a positive or neutral connotation combined with phonetic similarity is enough for the transliteration to come into use.
