Tibet

Map of Tibet (in yellow)

Tibet (བོད, Böd), also called the Tibet Autonomous Region or the Xizang Autonomous Region, is a province-level autonomous region of the China (PRC). Its capital is Lhasa. The region is commonly referred to as Tibet, but Tibet can also mean any place where the Tibetan culture is local to; Which includes Bhutan, Ladakh, Baltiyul and parts of Nepal.[1]

  1. Wang, Yiyan (2013). "The Politics of Representing Tibet: Alai's Tibetan Native-Place Stories". Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. 25 (1): 96–130. ISSN 1520-9857.

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