South Tibet

Cultural/historical Tibet (highlighted) depicted with various competing territorial claims.
						Claimed by Tibetan exile groups.
width=10px bgcolor=#ff9f40 | width=10px bgcolor=#ffff40 | width=10px bgcolor=#40ff40 | width=10px bgcolor=#40ffff | width=10px | bgcolor=#eeeeee | Tibetan areas designated by PRC.
width=10px | width=10px bgcolor=#ffff40 | width=10px bgcolor=#40ff40 | width=10px | width=10px | bgcolor=#eeeeee | Tibet Autonomous Region (actual control).
width=10px | width=10px | width=10px bgcolor=#40ff40 | width=10px | width=10px | bgcolor=#eeeeee | Claimed by India as part of Aksai Chin.
width=10px | width=10px | width=10px | width=10px bgcolor=#40ffff | width=10px | bgcolor=#eeeeee | Claimed by the PRC as part of TAR.
width=10px | width=10px | width=10px | width=10px | width=10px bgcolor=#4040ff | bgcolor=#eeeeee | Other historically culturally-Tibetan areas.

South Tibet is a political term encompassing a mountainous area of the Himalayas, claimed by the People's Republic of China but not adminstered as a sub-administration of the Tibet Autonomous Region. After the Sino-Indian War, it roughly corresponds to the presently Indian-administered state of Arunachal Pradesh. The usage of the term is not seen as politically correct by many people.

Connection with Tibet

Some people may regard the term "South Tibet" as a Chinese word invention. But historically, this area had close relationship with Tibetan people and Tibetan culture.

Demographics

Most of the people living in South Tibet are either of Tibetan or Thai-Burmese origin (see the demographics of Arunachal Pradesh for more detail). Another 35% of the population are immigrants, including 30,000 Bangladeshi and Chakma expatriates, and immigrants from other parts of India, notably Assam and Nagaland.

6th Dalai Lama

Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama was born in Tawang.

See also

*Arunachal Pradesh