Markam County Explained

Markam County
Settlement Type:County
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Tibet#China
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tibet
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:Gartok
Area Total Km2:11,576.21
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:79001
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:30.5764°N 98.9747°W
Tib:སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
Wylie:smar khams rdzong
Zwpy:Markam Zong
Order:st
S:芒康县
T:芒康縣
P:Mángkāng Xiàn

Markam County (;) 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.

Administrative divisions

Markam County is divided in 2 towns, 13 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

NameChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylie
Towns
Gartok TownChinese: 嘎托镇
Rongmé TownChinese: 如美镇
Townships
Zurdeshö TownshipChinese: 索多西乡
Bumpa TownshipChinese: 莽岭乡
Tsangshö TownshipChinese: 宗西乡
Gardo TownshipChinese: 昂多乡
Co'nga TownshipChinese: 措瓦乡
Norné TownshipChinese: 洛尼乡
Göpo TownshipChinese: 戈波乡
Pangda TownshipChinese: 帮达乡
Jidrong TownshipChinese: 徐中乡
Chörten TownshipChinese: 曲登乡
Mokshö TownshipChinese: 木许乡
Chupalung TownshipChinese: 朱巴龙乡
Chutsenkha TownshipChinese: 曲孜卡乡
Ethnic township
Naxi Ethnic TownshipChinese: 纳西民族乡

Transportation

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 .