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The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan language|Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་, P? Rangyongjong; Chinese language|Chinese: 西藏自治区, Xīz?ng Z?zh?qū), is a province-level political divisions of China|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). Its borders coincide roughly with the actual zone of control of the government of Tibet before 1959. See History of Tibet for the history of the area before 1959. Before 1959, the present extent of the TAR, comprising U-Tsang and western Kham, was governed by the government of Tibet headed by the Dalai Lama, which the Government of Tibet in Exile characterizes as a sovereign independent nation, and the governments of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China as a self-governing Region within China. Other parts of historic Tibet (eastern Kham and Amdo) were not under the administration of the Tibetan government during the 20th century; today they are distributed among the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. 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. See also:
The TAR is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the highest region on Earth. Most of the Himalayas|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. image:tibet_map.jpg|right|Map of the Tibet Autonomous Region Tibet Autonomous Region is divided into 1 prefecture-level city (Lhasa) and 6 prefecture of China|prefectures (Nagqu Prefecture, Qamdo Prefecture, Nyinchi Prefecture, Shannan Prefecture, Xigaz? Prefecture, Ngari Prefecture). All of these are in turn divided into 1 district of China|district (Chengguan District, Lhasa), 1 county-level city (Xigaz?), and 71 county of China|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. Most of the population comprises of the ethnic Tibetan people|Tibetans, who mainly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and B?n. A sizeable population comprises of the Han Chinese, who are recent immigrants from other parts of China. Intrmarriages between the Han Chinese and Tibetans do exist, although it proved to be unpopular. Smaller tribal groups such as the Monpa and Lhoba, who follow a combination of Lamaism and spirit worship, is found mainly in the southeastern parts of the region. The Tibetans traditionally depend on agriculture for survival. However, with the arrival of modernism from China, other jobs such as taxi-driving, hotel retail jobs became avaliable since the 1980's. Ever since China opened its doors to the tourists in the 1980's, many people from all over the world have came to visit and explore Tibet. The main attraction is the Potala Palace.
For "Historic Tibet", see Tibet. The location of this article does not imply any official position by Wikipedia on whether "Tibet" corresponds to Historic Tibet or Tibet Autonomous Region. ja:チベット自治区 et:Tiibeti autonoomne piirkond fi:Tiibetin autonominen alue zh:西藏自治区 Provinces_of_China Category:Tibet This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tibet Autonomous Region".
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