Administrative Division of Tibetan Areas |
2004-06-13 14:39 |
The 5, 000 years of Chinese history have been
created by all nationalities in China. Fraternity among
different nationalities has been established during joint
development of the Chinese land and centuries-old exchanges.
The Tibetan race is a major member of the Chinese family.
Proof can be found by tracing the historical changes in the
administrative divisions of Tibetan areas. Tibetans in China
live mainly in the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Major Tibetan
areas include the Tibet Autonomous Region and 10 Tibetan
nationality autonomous prefectures and two Tibetan
nationality autonomous counties in Qinghai , Sichuan, Gansu
and Yunnan provinces.They are the Haibei Tibetan Nationality
Autonomous Prefecture, the Hainan Tibetan Nationality
Autonomous Prefecture, the Huangnan Tibetan Naionality
Autonomous Prefecture, the Golog Tibetan Nationality
Autonomous Prefecture, the Yushu Tibetan Nationality
Autonomous Prefecture and the Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan
Nationalities Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province; the
Garze Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, the Aba
Tibetan-Qiang Nationalities Autonomous Prefecture and the
Muli Tibetan Nationality Autonomous County in Sichuan
Province; the Gannan Tibetan Nationality Autonomous
Prefecture and the Tianzhu Tibetan Nationality Autonomous
County in Gansu Province; and the Diqing Tibetan Nationality
Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The administrative
division is actually the result of a unified administration
enforced by the central government toward Tibet since the
Yuan Dynasty ( 1271- 1368 ). |