Claimed by Tibetan exile groups.
						Tibetan areas designated by PRC.
						Tibet Autonomous Region (actual control).
						Claimed by India as part of Aksai Chin.
						Claimed (not controlled) by the PRC as part of TAR.
						Other historically culturally-Tibetan areas.

Tibet (older spelling Thibet; ; pronounced in the Lhasa dialect; or two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 m (16,000 ft), it is often called the "Roof of the World".

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When the Government of Tibet in Exile and the Tibetan refugee community worldwide refer to Tibet, they mean a large area that formed the cultural entity of Tibet for many centuries, consisting of the traditional provinces of Amdo, Kham (Khams), and Ü-Tsang (Dbus-gtsang), but excluding areas outside the People's Republic of China (PRC) like Arunachal Pradesh (or South Tibet), Sikkim, Bhutan, and Ladakh that have also formed part of the Tibetan cultural sphere.

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