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  2. Flag of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Tibet; Snow Lion Flag: Use: National flag: Proportion: 5:8: Adopted: 1916; 108 years ago (): Design: Two snow lions beneath a flaming blue, white and orange jewel and holding a blue and orange taijitu on a white mountain with a gold sun rising over it, all over 12 red and blue alternating rays with a gold border around the upper, lower, and hoist side of the flag.

  3. Geography of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Yamdrok Lake. The geography of Tibet consists of the high mountains, lakes and rivers lying between Central, East and South Asia.Traditionally, Western (European and American) sources have regarded Tibet as being in Central Asia, though today's maps show a trend toward considering all of modern China, including Tibet, to be part of East Asia.

  4. Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). [ 2 ][ 3 ] Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. [ 4 ] The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century.

  5. Tibet Autonomous Region - Wikipedia

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    The Tibet Autonomous Region, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, [ note 1 ] is an autonomous region of China and is part of Southwestern China. It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area, the former administrative division of the PRC established after the annexation of Tibet.

  6. Tibetan Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan Plateau, [a] also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [b] and Qing–Zang Plateau, [c] is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia [d] covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti ...

  7. Tibet (1912–1951) - Wikipedia

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    Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation by the People's Republic of China in 1951. [7] The Tibetan Ganden Phodrang regime was a protectorate under Qing rule [8] of the Qing dynasty until 1912.

  8. History of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    The PRC annexation and flight of the Dalai Lama created several waves of Tibetan refugees and led to the creation of Tibetan diasporas in India, the United States, and Europe. The Tibet Autonomous Region was established following the PRC annexation, although Tibetan independence and human rights emerged as international issues, gaining ...

  9. Flags of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Azerbaijan is the national ensign of Azerbaijan. It consists of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The blue band refers to Turkic heritage, the red is for progress and the green refers to Islam. 2002 –.