Tibet is a historical region in Inner Asia. It covers a barren plateau bounded south and south west by the Himalayas and north by the Kunlun Mountains.
A kingdom established in the 7th century, Tibet came under nominal suzerainty in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before independence was regained after a revolt in 1912.
Tibet was invaded by China in 1950 and has since been known as the Xizang Autonomous Region of China.
Before the Chinese takeover of Tibet, 25 percent of the males in the country were Buddhist monks.
Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government.
On May 23, 1951 delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama and the government of the newly established People's Republic of China signed the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet.
Between 1951 and 1959 the Chinese People's Liberation Army controlled Tibet, although the Dalai Lama remained the nominal spiritual and temporal head of state.
In 1959, the Dalai Lama had to flee from Tibet to Dharamsala, India. This is still his base today.
The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration in the history of Tibet took place in 1960. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
The Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the world's highest railway and the only railway line to the Tibet Autonomous Region, was inaugurated on July 1, 2006.
Tanggula Railway Station, located at 5,068 m (16,627 ft), is the highest station in the world.
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 meters (16,000 ft).
Lhasa is Tibet's traditional capital and the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. It contains two world heritage sites – the Potala Palace and Norbulingka, which were the residences of the Dalai Lama.
Tibet has a smaller GDP than Malta, but is 4,000 times its size.
It is ranked the lowest among China’s 31 provinces on the Human Development Index according to UN Development Programme data.
Tibetans say hello by sticking their tongues out at each other.
In Tibet, it's good manners to stick out your tongue at your guests.
In Tibet distances used to be measured by the number of cups of tea that would need to be drunk to get there.
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| Tibet. By Mak at zh.wikipedia |
A kingdom established in the 7th century, Tibet came under nominal suzerainty in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before independence was regained after a revolt in 1912.
Tibet was invaded by China in 1950 and has since been known as the Xizang Autonomous Region of China.
Before the Chinese takeover of Tibet, 25 percent of the males in the country were Buddhist monks.
Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government.
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| Induction of Lungtok Gyatso, 9th Dalai Lama, in the presence of Ambans around 1808. |
On May 23, 1951 delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama and the government of the newly established People's Republic of China signed the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet.
Between 1951 and 1959 the Chinese People's Liberation Army controlled Tibet, although the Dalai Lama remained the nominal spiritual and temporal head of state.
In 1959, the Dalai Lama had to flee from Tibet to Dharamsala, India. This is still his base today.
The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration in the history of Tibet took place in 1960. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
The Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the world's highest railway and the only railway line to the Tibet Autonomous Region, was inaugurated on July 1, 2006.
Tanggula Railway Station, located at 5,068 m (16,627 ft), is the highest station in the world.
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| Tanggula Railway Station By Yaohua200027999 |
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 meters (16,000 ft).
Lhasa is Tibet's traditional capital and the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. It contains two world heritage sites – the Potala Palace and Norbulingka, which were the residences of the Dalai Lama.
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| The Potala Palace in Lhasa. By Antoine Taveneaux |
Tibet has a smaller GDP than Malta, but is 4,000 times its size.
It is ranked the lowest among China’s 31 provinces on the Human Development Index according to UN Development Programme data.
Tibetans say hello by sticking their tongues out at each other.
In Tibet, it's good manners to stick out your tongue at your guests.
In Tibet distances used to be measured by the number of cups of tea that would need to be drunk to get there.
In Tibet hard slabs of compressed tea are used as money before being finally brewed.
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