Pasho County Explained

Pasho County
Official Name:Baxoi County
Other Name:Baxoi, Pashö, Pashoi, Pashoe, Pashu
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Label:Baxoi
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Tibet
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Chamdo
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Baima (Pasho)
Area Total Km2:12,328.31
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:43538
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:30.0569°N 96.9186°W
Tib:དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།
Wylie:dpa' shod rdzong
Thdl:pa shö dzong
Zwpy:Baxoi Zong
Order:st
S:八宿县
T:八宿縣
P:Bāsù Xiàn
J:baat3suk1 jyun2

Pasho County orBaxoi County (;) is a county under the administration of Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county seat is at Pema, which is also called the "Pasho Town". The county population is 35,273 (1999). It contains the Pomda Monastery and Rakwa Tso lake.

Administrative divisions

Pasho County is divided in 4 towns and 10 townships.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Town
Baima
(Pema, Pasho)
Chinese: 白玛镇
Bangda TownChinese: 帮达镇
Ra'og TownChinese: 然乌镇
Tanggar TownChinese: 同卡镇
Townships
Korqên TownshipChinese: 郭庆乡
Lagê TownshipChinese: 拉根乡
Yiqên TownshipChinese: 益庆乡
Jirong TownshipChinese: 集中乡
Karwa pêkyim TownshipChinese: 卡瓦白庆乡
Gyêda TownshipChinese: 吉达乡
Gyari TownshipChinese: 夏里乡
Yangpa TownshipChinese: 拥乡
Wa TownshipChinese: 瓦乡
Lingka TownshipChinese: 林卡乡

Geography

The Pasho County contains the BrahmaputraSalween water divide. The Ngajuk La pass (29.6687°N 96.7181°W) is on the divide. To the north, Ling Chu flows north and east draning into Salween. To the south, Parlung Tsangpo flows south and west to drain into the Tsangpo River (the Tibetan section of Brahmaputra).[2]

Transport

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报 . Government of Chamdo . zh . 2021-06-22 .
  2. 1788001 . A Journey in the Salween and Tsangpo Basins, South-Eastern Tibet . Kaulback . Ronald . The Geographical Journal . 1938 . 91 . 2 . 97–121 . 10.2307/1788001 .