In digesting Tibet's different regions, it's important to know a few things. First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is situated ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 7 January 2025 Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as part of China. Historically ...

Tibetans often use the term Tibet to refer to a large Tibetan ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and historical area that includes what is now known as the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan areas ...

As the Tibetan government-in-exile at Dharamshala is planning to issue a map of Tibet with original names of places and boundaries to counter China’s cartographic aggression, Sikyong (president) Penpa ...

Tibetan Government in-Exile President Sikyong Penpa Tsering has announced that they plan to compose a book and map with original names of Tibetan counties. He spoke about China's policy of changing ...