Lhoba (Chinese: 珞巴族; pinyin: Luòbāzú; Standard Tibetan: ལྷོ་པ།; English meaning: Southerners) refers to the Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnicity living in and around Pemako, a region in southeastern Tibet, including Mainling, Medog, and Zayu counties of Nyingchi and Lhunze County of Shannan, Tibet. The name is a Tibetan exonym meaning "southerners" and was formally adopted by the People's Republic of China in official ethnic classification.
Lhoba (Chinese: 珞巴族; pinyin: Luòbāzú; Standard Tibetan: ལྷོ་པ།; English meaning: Southerners) refers to the Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnicity living in and around Pemako, a region in southeastern Tibet, including Mainling, Medog, and Zayu counties of Nyingchi and Lhunze County of Shannan, Tibet. The name is a Tibetan exonym meaning "southerners" and was formally adopted by the People's Republic of China in official ethnic classification.
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