» For other meanings, see Kham (disambiguation). Kham (Tibetan: ཁམས; Wylie transliteration: Khams; Simplified Chinese: 康巴; Pinyin: Kāngbā),'s a region presently divided between the Chinese provinces of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and Sichuan where Khampas, a subgroup within the Tibetan ethnicity, live. It's also one of the three traditional provinces claimed by the Tibetan government-in-exile. During the Republic of China's rule over mainland China (… (More on Kham)