| The correct naming of Tibetan places is a complex and difficult affair, and particularly today. See About Place Names. 
 
| Current | Pinyin | Character | Other | Tibetan | Wade-Giles | 
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 | Kathmandu | Katmandu |  |  | Tibet | Xizang (Xi1 Zang4)
 |    | Thibet | Bod (pron.) Pö | Hsi-Tsang |  | Lhasa | Lhasa |  | Lasa | Lha-sa | La-sa |  | Tsetang | Zêtang |  |  |  |  | Gyantse | Gyangzê, Gyazê |  | Gyangtse, Gyangtze, Ghyantse | rGyal-tse | Ch´ang-ta, Chang-tsu, Chiang-tsu |  | Shigatse | Xigazê |  | Xigatse, Shigatze, Zhigatse | gZis-ka-rtse | Jih-k´a-tse |  | Lhatse | Lhazê |  | Lhartse |  |  | Sakya | Sa´gya |  | Sag´ya | Sa-skya | Sa-chia |  | Shegar | Xêgar |  | New Tingri, Shelkar | Ting-jih |  | Tingri | Tingri |  | Old Tingri, West Tingri, Thingri, Dingri | Ting-jih |  | Nyalam |  |  |  | Neih-la-ma |  | Zhangmu | Ch'ung-tui |  |  |  |  | Rongbuk Valley |  |  | Dza Rongphu, Dzarongpu |  |  | Mt. Everest |  |  | Chomolungma  (Tibet), Jomolangma Sagarmatha (Nepal)
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last updated 4 Sep 2002
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