Banma County

Banma County
班玛县 · པདམ་རྫོངས།
Baima
Nickname: 
Pema (པདམ།)
Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture
Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture
Banma is located in Qinghai
Banma
Banma
Location in Qinghai
Coordinates: 32°56′05″N 100°44′09″E / 32.93472°N 100.73583°E / 32.93472; 100.73583
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
County seatSêlêtang
Area
 • Total6,376 km2 (2,462 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total31,794
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.banma.gov.cn
Banma County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese班玛县
Traditional Chinese班瑪縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBānmǎ Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbaan1maa5 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanཔདམ་རྫོངས།
Transcriptions
Wyliepad ma rdzong
Tibetan PinyinBaima Zong

Banma County or Baima County is a county of southeastern Qinghai Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the south. It is the southernmost county-level division under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party passed through Banma in 1936 during the Long March.[2] The seat of Baima county is in Sêlêtang.[2]

It is home to Bennak, a Nyingma monastery of the Pelyul tradition, founded in 1824, which was visited by noted female teacher Sera Khandro.[3] A 1992 work indicates that the 22 monasteries in the county are predominantly Nyingma.[4][5]

  1. ^ "果洛州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-07-09.
  2. ^ a b "新华网青海频道_青海新闻".
  3. ^ "Bennak". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ^ "pad+ma rdzong". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ^ "mgo log lo rgyus deb ther". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.