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Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: bod, pronounced [pʰø̀ʔ]; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xī Zàng) is a plateau region in Asia, north of the Himalayas. It is home to the indigenous Tibetan people, and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese people. Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft). It is sometimes referred to as the roof of the world.
During Tibet's history, it has existed as a region of separate sovereign states, a single independent country and as a part of China. Tibet was first unified under King Songtsän Gampo in the 7th century. A government nominally headed by the Dalai Lamas, a line of spiritual leaders, ruled a large portion of the Tibetan region at various times from the 1640s until 1950s. During most of this period, the Tibetan administration was subordinate to the Chinese empire of the Qing Dynasty. In 1913 the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed Tibet independent and expelled Qing Dynasty representatives from Lhasa, while this declaration was not accepted by the new republican government, nor was Tibet officially recognized as an independent nation by any country. Furthermore, the Dalai Lama also expressed several times in the following years his pro-unification viewpoint. Only three of the fourteen Dalai Lamas have actually ruled Tibet; regents ruled during 77% of the period from 1751 until 1960. The Communist Party of China gained control of central and western Tibet (the Tibet area controlled by the Dalai Lama) after a decisive military victory at Chamdo in 1950. The 14th Dalai Lama was elected to be the Vice Chairman of 1st National People's Congress in 1954, he then fled to India after the 1959 Tibetan uprising.

Today, Tibet is administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC). Beijing and the Government of Tibet in Exile disagree over when Tibet became a part of China, and whether the incorporation into China of Tibet is legitimate according to international law (see Tibetan sovereignty debate). Since what constitutes Tibet is a matter of much debate (see map, right), neither its size nor population are simple matters of fact, due to various entities claiming differing parts of the area as a Tibetan region.

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