Tibet
geographical name
Ti·bet tə-ˈbet 
variants or Xizang or Hsi-tsang
ˈshēd-ˈzäŋ
region of southwestern China on a high plateau (average altitude 16,000 feet, or 4877 meters) north of the Himalayas and bordering on India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar (Burma); capital Lhasa area 471,660 square miles (1,226,316 square kilometers), population 3,002,165
see also tibetan