Tibet
北京
“Vast West”
Map of China showing the Tibet Autonomous Region
| Pronounced: | Ti-bet (Shee-zang in Chinese) | ||
| Old spelling: | Thibet | ||
| Population (Tibet | 2,633,732 (2000) | ||
| Autonomous Region): | 3,002,165 (2010) | ||
| 3,370,598 (2020) | |||
| Area: | 474,300 sq. miles (1,228,400 sq. km) | ||
| Population density: | 7 people per sq. mile (3 per sq. km) | ||
| Highest elevation: | 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) | ||
| Capital city: | Lhasa | 559,423 | |
| Other cities (2010): | Xigaze | 703,292 | |
| Qamdo | 657,505 | ||
| Nagqu | 462,381 | ||
| Lhoka (Shannan) | 328,990 | ||
| Nyingchi | 195,109 | ||
| Administrative | Prefectures: | 7 | |
| divisions: | Counties: | 74 | |
| Towns: | 692 | ||
| Percent | |||
| Major ethnic groups | Tibetan | 2,427,168 | 92.8 |
| (2000): | Han Chinese | 158,570 | 6.1 |
| Hui | 9,031 | 0.3 | |
| Monba | 8,481 | 0.3 | |
| Lhoba | 2,691 | 0.1 | |