Tibet - Wikipedia Tibet ( t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 西藏 [6]; pinyin: Xizang), or Greater Tibet, [7] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 470,000 sq mi (1,200,000 km 2) [8]
Tibet | History, Map, Capital, Population, Language, Facts | Britannica Tibet, historic region and autonomous region of China that is often called ‘the roof of the world ’ It occupies a vast area of plateaus and mountains in Central Asia, including Mount Everest The name Tibet is derived from the Mongolian Thubet, the Chinese Tufan, the Tai Thibet, and the Arabic Tubbat
Tibet profile - BBC News Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as part of China Historically, Tibet was made up of three major areas - U-Tsang, Amdo and Kham
Tibet: History, Religion, Tibetan People, Food - China Highlights Tibet is a part of China's territory and is located in southwest of the People's Republic of China It is one of China's provinces and its full name is Tibet Autonomous Region See how "the roof of the world" differs from the provincial-level territory of Tibet on The Tibetan Plateau
Tibet - WorldAtlas Tibet is the Earth’s highest region and shares Mount Everest (the world’s highest mountain) with Nepal It is nicknamed “the roof of the world "
Tibet - New World Encyclopedia Tibet, called “Bod” by Tibetans, or 西藏 (Xīzàng) by the Chinese, is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, (4,900 meters) it is the highest region on earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World "
Tibet at a Glance - Central Tibetan Administration The term 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, on