Tibet
Tibet is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. It is the homeland of the Tibetans. Other ethnic groups also reside on the plateau, including Mongols, the Lhoba, Monpa, Qiang, Sherpa, and since the 20th century, Han and Hui peoples.
- Region with about 3,000,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 4,380 metres (14,370 feet)
- Description: plateau region in west China
- Also known as“Greater Tibet”“Tangut”“Thebet”“Thibet”“Tibetan cultural zone”“Tibetan Highland”“Tibetan Plateau”“Tibetan Tableland”“Tobat”“Tubet”“Xīzàng”
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Latitude
33.21112° or 33° 12′ 40″ north
Longitude
86.13281° or 86° 7′ 58″ east
Open location code
8M58646M+C4
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Tibet” goes by many names.
TibetAfrikaans
TibetAlbanian
TibetiAlbanian
ቲቤትAmharic
التبتArabic
التيبتArabic
تبتArabic
تيبتArabic
TibetAragonese
ՏիբեթArmenian
TíbetAsturian
तिब्बतAwadhi
TibetAzerbaijani
TibétBalinese
TibetBasque
ТыбетBelarusian
ТыбэтBelarusian
তিব্বতBengali
तिब्बतBhojpuri
TibetBosnian
TibbatBrahui
TibetBreton
ТибетBulgarian
တိဗက်Burmese
TibetCatalan
TibetCentral Bikol
تبتCentral Kurdish
ТибетChechen
吐蕃Chinese
圖博Chinese
藏Chinese
藏区Chinese
西藏Chinese
ТибетChuvash
TibetCroatian
TibetCzech
TibetDanish
TibetDimli (individual language)
TibetDutch
བོདDzongkha
التبتEgyptian Arabic
تيبيتEgyptian Arabic
TibetoEsperanto
TiibetEstonian
TibetFaroese
TibetFiji Hindi
TiibetFinnish
TíbetGalician
ტიბეტიGeorgian
TibetGorontalo
ΘιβέτGreek
તિબેટGujarati
તિબ્બતGujarati
TibetHaitian
KipekaHawaiian
טיבטHebrew
तिब्बतHindi
भोटHindi
TibetHungarian
TibetIdo
TibetIloko
Dataran Tinggi TibetIndonesian
TibetIndonesian
TibetInterlingua
TibetInterlingue
An TibéidIrish
ThibetItalian
TibetItalian
チベットJapanese
TibetJavanese
TibɛtiiKabiyè
ТөвдKalmyk
ಟಿಬೆಟ್Kannada
TibetKara-Kalpak
تِبَتKashmiri
ТибетKazakh
ទីបេKhmer
TibetiKinyarwanda
ТибетKirghiz
티베트Korean
TîbetKurdish
ຕີເບດLao
ThibetumLatin
TibetumLatin
TibetaLatvian
TibetLigurian
TibetLingua Franca Nova
西藏Literary Chinese
TibetasLithuanian
tibetLojban
ТибетMacedonian
तिब्बतMagahi
तिब्बतMaithili
TibetMalagasy
TibetaMalagasy
TibetMalay
തിബെത്ത്Malayalam
तिबेटMarathi
تبتMazanderani
Câung-kṳ̆Min Dong Chinese
Să̤-câungMin Dong Chinese
Se-chōngMin Nan Chinese
ტიბეტიMingrelian
ТөвөдMongolian
تيبيتMoroccan Arabic
तिब्बतNepali
TiibetNorthern Frisian
TibetNorthern Sami
TibetNorwegian
TibetNorwegian Bokmål
TibetNorwegian Nynorsk
TibètOccitan (post 1500)
TibetOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ତିବତOriya
ତିବ୍ବତOriya
ТибетOssetian
TibetPampanga
ਤਿੱਬਤPanjabi
تبتPersian
TìbetPiemontese
TybetPolish
تبتPushto
TibetQuechua
TibetRomanian
TibetRomansh
ТүбэдRussia Buriat
ТибетRussian
ТібетRusyn
TėbetsSamogitian
भोटःSanskrit
ᱛᱤᱵᱵᱚᱛSantali
TibetSardinian
TibetScots
TibetScottish Gaelic
ТибетSerbian
TibetSerbo-Croatian
TibetSwahili
TibetSwedish
TibetSwiss German
TibetTagalog
ТибетTajik
TibetTalysh
திபெத்Tamil
திபெத்துTamil
ТибетTatar
టిబెట్Telugu
ทิเบตThai
BödTibetan
བོད་Tibetan
བོད་ཡུལ།Tibetan
TibetTurkish
ТөвүтTuvinian
ТибетUkrainian
تبتUrdu
TìbetVenetian
Tây TạngVietnamese
TiibetVõro
TibetWaray (Philippines)
TibetWelsh
TibetWestern Frisian
藏区Wu Chinese
ТибиэтYakut
TibetYoruba
圖博Yue Chinese
藏區Yue Chinese
TibetZeeuws
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