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1 day ago · Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xīzàng), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the central part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi). It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.
- PRC Annexation
Background. Tibet came under the control of the Qing dynasty...
- Tibetan Empire
The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: bod chen po,...
- Mount Everest
In Tibet, by 28 April at least 25 had died, and 117 were...
- Definitions of Tibet
"Tibet" is a term for the major elevated plateau in Central...
- Independent Tibet
Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent...
- Free Tibet
Free Tibet (FT) is a non-profit, non-governmental...
- Gyantse Fortress
Gyantse Dzong. Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress is one of...
- South Tibet
South Tibet is a literal translation of the Chinese term '...
- Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet,...
- PRC Annexation
3 days ago · Tibetan, people who inhabit Tibet or nearby regions and speak Tibetan. All Tibetans share the same language. It is highly stylized, with an honorific and an ordinary word for most terms of reference.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 20, 2024 · Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of 3,656 metres (11,990 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world.
6 days ago · TIBET here means the whole of Tibet known as Cholka-Sum (U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo). It includes the present-day Chinese administrative areas of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, two Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures and one Tibetan Autonomous County in Sichuan Province, one Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and one Tibetan Autonomous County in Gansu Province and one Tibetan ...
1 day ago · Since the time of the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century, the Dalai Lama has been a symbol of unification of the state of Tibet. The Dalai Lama was an important figure of the Geluk tradition, which was dominant in Central Tibet, but his religious authority went beyond sectarian boundaries, representing Buddhist values and traditions above any ...
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