Tibetan Buddhism is one of the traditional religions of * Tibet, including the old regions of U-Tsang, Amdo, and Kham. These are located in what is now the Tibetan Autonomous Region and Chinghai, plus parts of Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan—all of them provinces of the People's Republic of China. (Other traditional religions of these areas include Bön, Islam, Taoism, and the Dongba religion of the Nakhi people.) * Mongolia, including the independent state of ("Outer") Mongolia as well as ethnic Mongol populations in China (Inner Mongolia, plus several enclaves in Xinjiang) and Russia (Kalmykia, Buryatia, and Tuva). (Other traditional religions of these areas include Tengrism, Islam, and Orthodox Christianity.) * The Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and the following state