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===Tibet=== [[File:Tibet Gyantse.jpg|thumb|[[Gyantse Dzong]]]] {{Further|List of administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region}} Tibet used to be divided into 53 prefecture districts also called ''dzongs''.<ref name=Tibet>''Le Tibet'', Marc Moniez, Christian Deweirdt, Monique Masse, Éditions de l'Adret, Paris, 1999, {{ISBN|2-907629-46-8}}</ref> There were two [[dzongpen|dzongpöns]] for each dzong, a [[lama]] and a layman. They were entrusted with both civil and military powers and are equal in all respects, though subordinate to the generals and the Chinese [[amban]] in military matters,<ref>[[Sarat Chandra Das|Das, Sarat Chandra]]. (1902). ''Lhasa and Central Tibet''. Reprint (1988): Mehra Offset Press, Delhi, p. 176.</ref> until the expulsion of the ambans following the [[Xinhai Revolution]] in 1912.<ref name=Tibet/> Today, 71 [[List of administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region|counties]] in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] are called ''dzong''s in the [[Tibetic languages]].
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