Tibet Autonomous Region
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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](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhasa.html) (prefecture-level city, 540100)
- [Shigatse](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shigatse.html) (prefecture-level city, 540200)
- [Chamdo](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chamdo.html) (prefecture-level city, 540300)
- [Nyingchi](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nyingchi.html) (prefecture-level city, 540400)
- [Lhoka](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhoka.html) (prefecture-level city, 540500)
- [Nagqu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nagqu.html) (prefecture-level city, 540600)
- [Ngari Prefecture](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ngari.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].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Contains places: Lhasa https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhasa.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shigatse.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chamdo.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nyingchi.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhoka.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nagqu.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 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ngari.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Lhasa https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhasa.html
- Shigatse https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shigatse.html
- Chamdo https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chamdo.html
- Nyingchi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nyingchi.html
- Lhoka https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/lhoka.html
- Nagqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nagqu.html
- Ngari Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ngari.html

Sources:
- 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