States or Territory

Tibet

Autonomous Region

Tibet, officially the Tibet Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of China occupying most of the Tibetan Plateau, the highest region on Earth, administered by China since its incorporation in the 1950s; a Tibetan government in exile based in Dharamsala, India, continues to dispute Chinese rule, a dispute this description records as fact without asserting either side's claim as settled. Its capital is Lhasa.

Facts

Population

2,870,000 1

Area (sq km)

1,228,400 2

Admission Year

1965 2

Connections

Adjacent To

Qinghai

Xinjiang

Associated With

China

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Origin Of

Thukpa

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Tibetan Cuisine

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Site Of

Gampopa

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Source Gampopa (Wikipedia)Article text

Quote, Article text

Later in his life he moved to the region of Dakpo (dwags po) in southern Tibet and hence was also called Dakpopa (dwags po pa), the man from Dakpo.

Sakya Pandita

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Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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Thangtong Gyalpo

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Thonmi Sambhota

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Source Thonmi Sambhota (Wikipedia)lead paragraph

Quote, lead paragraph

He is also credited with serving the king as his minister and escorting two princesses from Nepal and China into Tibet to become Songtsen Gampo's queens.

Found There

Chamdo languages

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Miju

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Blue-capped rock thrush