Kham (Tibetan: ཁམས་, Wylie: khams) is a region of Tibet. Today it is largely divided between the Tibetan Autonomous Region and Sichuan, with smaller portions located within Gansu and Northern Yunnan provinces. During the Republic of China's rule over mainland China (1911–1949), most of the region was administratively part of Tibetan central government but had some autonomy from the Central Tibetan Government. Its provincial status was nominal and without much interference by central Tibetan government.
The natives of the Kham region are called Khampa (Tibetan: ཁམས་པ་, Wylie: khams pa).... Wikipedia ()