清代噶廈嘅管轄區域並不包括依家西藏自治區嘅全部地方。清代乾隆後期，噶廈管轄前藏、後藏、同埋阿里嘅大部分宗、谿卡，仲有布嚕克巴（不丹）、哲孟雄（依家嘅錫金）嘅小部份地區。西藏東北嘅霍爾三十九族隸屬於夷情章京、當雄嘅達木蒙古由駐藏大臣衙門直接管轄。後藏日喀則附近嗰十幾個宗同埋喺藏區各地遊牧嘅班禪就由班禪額爾德尼商上管轄。前藏東部嘅波密、白馬崗（依家嘅墨脫）一帶就由波密土王管轄。喀木地區嘅察木多（昌都）、乍丫（察雅）等地由當地呼圖克圖各自管轄。阿里以西嘅拉達克由拉達克王管轄。
During the Qing Dynasty, Xia did not include all of what is now the Tibet Autonomous Region. In the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Xia governed most of the Zong and Jikha of Former Tibet, Later Tibet, and Ali, as well as a small part of Bulukepa (Bhutan) and Tsemengxiong (now Sikkim). The 39 Hor tribes in northeastern Tibet are subordinate to Yiqing Zhangjing and Dangxiong's Damu Mongolia and are under the direct jurisdiction of Yamen, the minister stationed in Tibet. The more than a dozen sects and nomadic Panchens in various parts of Tibet near Shigatse in Later Tibet were under the jurisdiction of Panchen Erdeni Shangshang. The area of Bomi and Baimagang (now Motuo) in eastern Tibet was under the jurisdiction of King Bomitu. Chamudo (Qamdo) and Chaya (Chaya) in the Kamu region are under the jurisdiction of the local Hutuketu. Ladakh west of Ali was ruled by the king of Ladakh.