Banma County
Banma County
班玛县 · པདམ་རྫོངས། Baima | |
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| Nickname: Pema (པདམ།) | |
Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture | |
| Coordinates: 32°56′05″N 100°44′09″E / 32.93472°N 100.73583°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Golog |
| County seat | Sêlêtang |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,376 km2 (2,462 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 31,794 |
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 班玛县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 班瑪縣 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | པདམ་རྫོངས། | ||||||||||
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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. The seat of Baima county is in Sêlêtang.
It is home to Bennak, a Nyingma monastery of the Pelyul tradition, founded in 1824, which was visited by noted female teacher Sera Khandro. A 1992 work indicates that the 22 monasteries in the county are predominantly Nyingma.