Place:Tibet, People's Republic of China

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NameTibet
Alt namesBhotasource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 338
Bodyulsource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Hsi-tsangsource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Roof of the Worldsource: Tibet, New York Times (1998)
Sikangsource: Family History Library Catalog
Sitsangsource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
T'u-fansource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 358
Thibetsource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Tibetsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 1210
Tibetan Autonomous Regionsource: Tibet, New York Times (1998)
Xizangsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 360
Xizang Zizhiqusource: Getty Thesaurus of Place Names
TypeAutonomous region
Coordinates29.0°N 88.0°E
Located inPeople's Republic of China
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of Ü-Tsang and Kham.

It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area, the former administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC) established after the annexation of Tibet. The establishment was about five years after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the dismissal of the Kashag, and about 13 years after the original annexation.

The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century and include about half of historic Tibet, or the ethno-cultural Tibet. The Tibet Autonomous Region spans over and is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, after Xinjiang. Due to its harsh and rugged terrain, it is sparsely populated at just over 3.6 million people with a population density of .

History

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Yarlung kings founded the Tibetan Empire in 618. By the end of the 8th century, the empire reached its greatest extent. After a civil war, the empire broke up in 842. The royal lineage fragmented and ruled over small kingdoms such as Guge, Maryul and Nyingma. The Mongol Empire conquered Tibet in 1244 but the region was granted a degree of political autonomy. Kublai Khan later incorporated the region into his Yuan empire. The Sakya lama Drogön Chögyal Phagpa became religious teacher to Kublai, and was made the head of the region.

From 1354 to 1642, Central Tibet (Ü-Tsang) was ruled by a succession of dynasties from Nêdong, Shigatse and Lhasa. In 1642, the Ganden Phodrang court of the 5th Dalai Lama was established by Güshi Khan of the Khoshut Khanate, who was enthroned as King (chogyal) of Tibet. The Khoshuts ruled until 1717 when they were overthrown by the Dzungar Khanate. The Dzungar forces were in turn expelled by the Manchu expedition to Tibet during the Dzungar–Qing Wars. This began Qing rule over Tibet and marked the first time that Tibet was controlled by the central Chinese government.

Despite some politically charged historical debate on the exact nature of Sino-Tibetan relations, most historians agree that Tibet under the Ganden Phodrang was an independent state, albeit under different foreign suzerainties, for most of its history and including the Ming dynasty period (1368–1644).

From 1912 to 1950, the State of Tibet became de facto independent after the fall of the Qing dynasty, like many other warlord-controlled regions under the successor Republic of China. The Republic of China was too preoccupied with fractious warlordism (1916–1928), Chinese Civil War (1927–1949) and Japanese invasion to have been able to assert any authority in Tibet. Other smaller kingdoms of ethno-cultural Tibet in eastern Kham and Amdo had been under de jure administration of the Chinese dynastic government since the mid-18th century; today they are distributed among the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. (See also: Xikang Province)

In 1950, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army marched into Tibet and defeated the Tibetan local army in a battle fought near the city of Chamdo. In 1951, the Tibetan representatives signed a 17-point agreement with the Central People's Government affirming China's sovereignty over Tibet and the reincorporation of Tibet. The agreement was ratified in Lhasa a few months later. After a failed violent uprising, the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 and renounced the 17-point agreement. Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965, thus making Tibet a provincial-level division of China.

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