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TIBET The Tibet =
Autonomous=20
Region, perched on the southwest Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is a =
southwestern frontier region in china. At an average =
altitude of=20
4,000 metres, Tibet is the world's largest and highest =
plateau known=20
as the 'Roof of the World'. The world's largest canyon the =
Yalung=20
Zangbo Canyou, is in Tibet. In the mid-7th century, Songtsan =
Gambo=20
established the unified Tubo dynasty and befriended the Tang =
Dynasty=20
by marrying Princess Wencheng in 641 AD. In the mid-13th =
century,=20
Tibet was incorporated as an administrative region of the =
Yuan=20
Dynasty. Peaceful liberation came in 1951, and serfdom was =
abolished=20
during the Democratic Reform of 1959. The Tibet Autonomous =
Region=20
was officially established in 1965. Abbreviation: Zang THE PROVINCE'S MEAN TEMPERATURE (=A1=E6)
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