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Pasho County 八宿县 • དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།Baxoi, Pashö, Pashoi, Pashoe, Pashu
County
Baxoi County
The Kangri Karpo in Baxoi County
Location of Baxoi County (red) in Chamdo City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
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Coordinates: 30°3′25″N 96°55′7″E / 30.05694°N 96.91861°E / 30.05694; 96.91861
Country	China
Autonomous region	Tibet
Prefecture-level city	Chamdo
County seat	Baima (Pasho)
Area
• Total	12,328.31 km (4,759.99 sq mi)
Population
• Total	43,538
• Density	3.5/km (9.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	basu.changdu.gov.cn

Pasho County or Baxoi County (Tibetan: དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 八宿县) 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.

Geography

The Pasho County contains the Brahmaputra–Salween water divide. The Ngajuk La pass (29°40′07″N 96°43′05″E / 29.6687°N 96.7181°E / 29.6687; 96.7181 (Ngajuk La)) 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).

Climate

Transport

• China National Highway 318

Maps

• Su-tun (Shugden Gompa) (AMS, 1954)
• Janwu China (DMA)

Notes

1. Alternative spellings Pashö, Pashoi, Pashoe and Pashu.

References

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.
2. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), p. 435.
3. Kingdon Ward & Smith, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), p. 380.
4. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), p. 436.
5. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), pp. 436–437.
6. Kaulback, Ronald (1938). "A Journey in the Salween and Tsangpo Basins, South-Eastern Tibet". The Geographical Journal. 91 (2): 97–121. doi:10.2307/1788001. JSTOR 1788001.
7. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
8. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

Bibliography

• Dorje, Gyurme (2004), Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan (3rd ed.), Bath: Footprint Handbooks, ISBN 1-903471-30-3 – via archive.org
• Kingdon Ward, F.; Smith, Malcolm (November 1934), "The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo", The Geographical Journal, 84 (5): 369–394, doi:10.2307/1786924, JSTOR 1786924

External links

• Pasho County, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022.
• Ling Chu basin, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022.

v t e Chamdo
County-level divisions	District Karuo Counties Jomdo Gonjo Riwoqê Dêngqên Zhag'yab Baxoi Zogang Markam Lhorong Banbar
Settlements	Baima Baimai Banbar Banggaidoi Bangru Bolo Bumgyê Cêngdo Chamoling Changlung Chido Chingoin Chongsar Coka Dungro Gamtog Garma Gyari Gyorxung Gyanbe Kargang Korra Lhorong Lingza Mêdogdêng Nagjog Ngomdo Nujiang Qumdo Qu'nyido Sumzom Tanggar Xabyai Zhaxize
Sciences	Sichuan-Tibet Networking Project Central Tibet Networking Project
Cultures	Awang goat

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