Tibet Autonomous Region

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Buddhist temple autonomous region city first-level administrative division of China mountain palace

The Tibet Autonomous Region is a vast, high-altitude region in southwest China, centered on the Tibetan Plateau and known for its unique Tibetan culture, Buddhism, and dramatic Himalayan landscapes including Mount Everest.

Aliases (11)

Tibet ×27
Potala Palace ×3
Jokhang Temple ×2
Lhasa ×2
Mount Everest ×2
People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region ×1
South Tibet ×1
Tibet (China) ×1
Tibet Autonomous Region, China ×1
Xizang Autonomous Region ×1
western Tibet ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple → autonomous region → city → first-level administrative division of China → mountain → palace →
administrativeCenter	Lhasa →
borderFeature	Himalayas → Transhimalaya →
borderingCountry	Bhutan → India → Myanmar → Nepal →
borderingRegion	Qinghai Province → Sichuan Province → Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region → Yunnan Province →
capital	Lhasa →
climate	cold, dry highland climate →
continent	Asia →
country	China → China →
currency	Renminbi →
demographics	majority Tibetan population →
elevation	high-altitude region →
establishedAsAutonomousRegion	1965 →
ethnicGroup	Tibetans →
governingBody	People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region →
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
highestPoint	Mount Everest →
ISOCode	CN-54 →
knownFor	Himalayan landscapes → Tibetan Buddhism → Tibetan culture →
locatedIn	Lhasa → Lhasa → southwest China →
locatedOn	Tibetan Plateau →
majorReligion	Tibetan Buddhism →
mountainRange	Himalayas → Himalayas →
officialLanguage	Standard Chinese → Tibetan →
partOf	People's Republic of China →
timeZone	China Standard Time →
touristAttraction	Jokhang Temple → Potala Palace →
UTCOffset	+8 →

Referenced by (60)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lake Manasarovar region → Makalu → Sutlej River ("Tibet") → Tanggula Mountains → Tea Horse Road ("Tibet") → Tibetan Plateau → Transhimalaya ("Tibet") →	locatedIn
Brahmaputra ("Tibet") → Ghaghara → Karnali River → Koshi River → Salween River → Yangtze River →	flowsThrough
Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region ("Tibet") → Garhwal → Jammu and Kashmir → Kumaon ("Tibet") → Xinjiang →	borderedBy
Ladakh → Qinghai → Sichuan Province →	borders
Mongol conquests ("Tibet") → Qing dynasty ("Tibet") → Yuan dynasty ("Tibet") →	territoryIncludes
Himalayan monal ("Tibet") → Meconopsis ("Tibet") →	nativeTo
Karnali River → Sutlej River ("Tibet") →	sourceLocation
Ghaghara → Koshi River →	sourceRegion
Saraswati ("Tibet") → Shakyamuni Buddha ("Tibet") →	veneratedIn
China Standard Time →	appliesToTerritory
Indus River ("Tibet (China)") →	basinCountry
Himachal Pradesh →	borderCountry
Yunnan Province →	bordersRegion
Gilgit-Baltistan →	borderWith
Arunachal Pradesh ("South Tibet") →	claimedAs
Western China →	contains
Dalai Lama ("Tibet") →	countryOfOrigin
Pala Empire ("Tibet") →	culturalInfluence
Tibetan Kangyur ("Tibet") →	developedIn
Transhimalaya ("western Tibet") →	extendsAcross
Eastern Himalayas ("Tibet") →	extendsInto
Himalaya with Michael Palin ("Tibet") →	featuresCountry
Vajrayana ("Tibet") →	flourishedIn
Tibet Autonomous Region ("People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region") →	governingBody
Rubin Museum of Art ("Tibet") →	hasCollectionArea
Crow Museum of Asian Art ("Tibet") →	hasCollectionFrom
Fifth Circuit Court in Chongqing ("Xizang Autonomous Region") →	hearsCasesFromRegion
Cho Oyu →	locatedInRegion
Mount Everest →	locatedOnBorderOf
Great Game ("Tibet") →	location
Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region →	partOf
Buddhism ("Tibet") →	practicedIn
Tibetan script ("Tibet") →	primaryRegion
Lhotse →	region
Bulletproof Monk ("Tibet") →	setting
Mahayana ("Tibet") →	spreadTo
Cho Oyu ("Tibet Autonomous Region, China") →	summitLocatedIn