Markam County

Markam County
芒康县སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
Location of Markam County within Tibet
Location of Markam County within Tibet
Markam County is located in Tibet
Markam County
Markam County
Location in Tibet
Markam County is located in China
Markam County
Markam County
Markam County (China)
Coordinates: 30°34′35″N 98°58′29″E / 30.57639°N 98.97472°E / 30.57639; 98.97472
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatGartok
Area
 • Total11,576.21 km2 (4,469.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total79,001
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitemangkang.changdu.gov.cn
Markam County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese芒康县
Traditional Chinese芒康縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMángkāng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesmar khams rdzong
Tibetan PinyinMarkam Zong

Markam County (Tibetan: སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 芒康县) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the east and Yunnan to the south. It is the easternmost county-level division of the Tibet A.R.

  1. ^ "昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Chamdo. 2021-06-22.