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# Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region is a provincial-level division (autonomous region) of the People's Republic of China, with administrative division code 540000.

## Administrative status

Tibet Autonomous Region is a provincial-level division of the People's Republic of China[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

7 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Lhasa](/en/places/lhasa-540100.html) (prefecture-level city, 540100)
- [Shigatse](/en/places/shigatse-540200.html) (prefecture-level city, 540200)
- [Chamdo](/en/places/chamdo-540300.html) (prefecture-level city, 540300)
- [Nyingchi](/en/places/nyingchi-540400.html) (prefecture-level city, 540400)
- [Lhoka](/en/places/lhoka-540500.html) (prefecture-level city, 540500)
- [Nagqu](/en/places/nagqu-540600.html) (prefecture-level city, 540600)
- [Ngari Prefecture](/en/places/ngari-542500.html) (prefecture, 542500)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 540000[^mca2023]
- Area: 1,228,400 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 3.65 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- 1965: established[^wikidata].
- Replaced Xikang[^wikidata].

更新时间：2026-10-25

## 标签

- [行政区划](/en/tags/admin-division.html)

## 关系

- Contains places：[Lhasa](/en/places/lhasa-540100.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Shigatse](/en/places/shigatse-540200.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Chamdo](/en/places/chamdo-540300.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Nyingchi](/en/places/nyingchi-540400.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Lhoka](/en/places/lhoka-540500.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Nagqu](/en/places/nagqu-540600.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。
- Contains places：[Ngari Prefecture](/en/places/ngari-542500.html) 依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。

## 正文反向链接

- [拉萨市](/en/places/lhasa-540100.html)
- [日喀则市](/en/places/shigatse-540200.html)
- [昌都市](/en/places/chamdo-540300.html)
- [林芝市](/en/places/nyingchi-540400.html)
- [山南市](/en/places/lhoka-540500.html)
- [那曲市](/en/places/nagqu-540600.html)
- [阿里地区](/en/places/ngari-542500.html)

## 来源

- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部）：https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 540000 西藏自治区
- Wikidata Q17269：https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17269 
- Tibet Autonomous Region (Wikipedia)：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region 
- 西藏自治区（维基百科）：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%8C%BA