General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country names: Tibet; or Xizang
- Official English country names: Tibet; or the Xizang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Tibetan
- Demonym(s): Tibetans
- Etymology: Name of Tibet
- ISO region code for Xizang: CN-54
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