Atlas of Tibet

For the maps of the cultural region, see maps of Tibet

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Tibet

བོད་ 西藏 English Tibet - Tibet Autonomous Region Tibet Autonomous Region is a province-level region of ► China and the indigeneous home to the Tibetan people. It is situated on the Tibetan Plateau, the highest plateau on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World". Tibet Autonomous Region borders ► Xinjiang, ► India, ► Myanmar, ► Nepal and ► Bhutan. Short name Tibet Official  name Tibet Autonomous Region Status Autonomous region of ► China Capital Lhasa ལྷ་ས་ 拉薩 Population 3,002,165 inhabitants Area 1,221,600 km² Major  languages Tibetan, Chinese Major  religions Buddhism and Chinese folk religion More information Tibet, Geography of Tibet, History of Tibet and Politics of Tibet More  images Tibet - Tibet (Category).

General maps

Topographic map of Tibet Autonomous Region

Ethnolinguistic map of Tibet, 1967 (See entire map, which includes a key)

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

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  Lhasa City, capital of the Region
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  Nagqu Prefecture
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  Ngari Prefecture
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  Nyinchi Prefecture
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  Qamdo Prefecture
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  Shannan Prefecture
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  Shigatse Prefecture

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Tibet, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Tibet.

Tibetan Empire at its greatest extent between the 780s and the 790s

Territorial evolution of the Mongol Empire (1206–1294)

Tibet under Yuan rule (1244–1354)

Tibet during the Ming dynasty (1415)

Tibet under Qing rule (1644–1912)

Tibet in 1945

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

« La Chine, la Tartarie Chinoise et le Thibet » in 1734 from Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

Early 19th-century en:map of Lhasa, as composed by en:Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin

Map of Lhasa (1932)

Satellite maps

Satellite map of Tibet

Notes and references

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