abstract:Xikang or Sikang (), was a province of the Republic of China (ROC), comprising most of the Kham region of traditional Tibet, where the Khampas, a subgroup of Tibetan people, live. The eastern part of the province was inhabited by a number of different ethnic groups, such as Han Chinese, Yi, Qiang people and Tibetan, while the western part of the province was inhabited by Tibetans.