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Tibet
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Tibet as a de facto independent state, and its history between 1912 and 1951
Key facts
- 1945
- 1,000,000
- Status
- De facto independent state
- Capital and largest city
- Lhasa
- Official languages
- Tibetan , Tibetic languages
- Religion
- Tibetan Buddhism ( official )
- Demonym
- Tibetan
- Government
- Tibetan dual system of government
- 1912 1933 first
- Thubten Gyatso
- 1937 1951 last
- Tenzin Gyatso
- 1934 1941 first
- Thubten Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
- 1941 1950 last
- Ngawang Sungrab Thutob
- 1912 1920 first
- Chankhyim Trekhang Thupten Shakya
- 1950 1951 last
- Lobsang Tashi
- Legislature
- None ( rule by decree )
- Declaration of independence
- 4 April 1912
- Three point agreement
- 12 August 1912
- 13th dalai lama returns
- January 1913
- Simla convention signed with britain
- 3 July 1914
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Demonym
- 西藏人
- Country
- Taiwan
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Lhasa
- Official language
- Tibetan
- Currency
- Tibetan srang
- Population
- 6000000
- Area
- 1221600
- Form of government
- absolute theocratic monarchy
- Anthem
- Tibetan National Anthem
- Highest point
- Mount Everest
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- native label
- བོད།
- official religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- language used
- Tibetan
- inception
- 1912-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1959-03-10
- history of topic
- history of Tibet
- different from
- Tibet
- replaces
- China
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofChina ∟ Tibet Autonomous Region
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tibet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.