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.[2] The seat of Baima county is in Sêlêtang.[2]
Banma County
班玛县 · པདམ་རྫོངས། Baima | |
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| Nickname: Pema (པདམ།) | |
 Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture | |
  Banma Location in Qinghai | |
| 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)[1] | |
• Total | 31,794 |
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 班玛县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 班瑪縣 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | པདམ་རྫོངས། | ||||||||||
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It is home to Bennak, a Nyingma monastery of the Pelyul tradition, founded in 1824, which was visited by noted female teacher Sera Khandro.[3] A 1992 work indicates that the 22 monasteries in the county are predominantly Nyingma.[4][5]
Administrative divisions
editBanma is divided into one town and eight townships:
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | ||||||
| Sêlêtang Town (Sailaitang, Sêraitang) |
赛来塘镇 | Sàiláitáng Zhèn | སེ་ལེ་ཐང་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | se le thang grong brdal | 632622100 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Dokongma Township (Duogongma) |
多贡麻乡 | Duōgòngmá Xiāng | མདོ་གོང་མ་ཞང་། | mdo gong ma zhang | 632622200 | |
| Markog Township (Makehe) |
马可河乡 | Mǎkěhé Xiāng | སྨར་ཁོག་ཞང་། | mdo gong ma zhang | 632622201 | |
| Gyimkar Township (Jika, Kyimkar) |
吉卡乡 | Jíkǎ Xiāng | གྱི་མཁར་ཞང་། | gyi mkhar zhang | 632622202 | |
| Dagkar Township (Daka) |
达卡乡 | Dákǎ Xiāng | སྟག་མཁར་ཞང་། | stag mkhar zhang | 632622203 | |
| Chubqên Township (Zhiqin) |
知钦乡 | Zhīqīn Xiāng | གྲུབ་ཆེན་ཞང་། | grub chen zhang | 632622204 | |
| Jagritang Township (Jiangritang) |
江日堂乡 | Jiāngrìtáng Xiāng | ལྕགས་རི་ཐང་ཞང་། | lcags ri thang zhang | 632622205 | |
| Yartang Township (Ya'ertang) |
亚尔堂乡 | Yà'ěrtáng Xiāng | ཡར་ཐང་ཞང་། | yar thang zhang | 632622206 | |
| Dimda Township (Dengta) |
灯塔乡 | Dēngtǎ Xiāng | དྷི་མདའ་ཞང་། | dhi mda' zhang | 632622207 | |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Banma, elevation 3,530 m (11,580 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
12.2 (53.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.1 (−16.8) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−26.8 (−16.2) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.0 (0.20) |
9.2 (0.36) |
19.0 (0.75) |
35.8 (1.41) |
85.8 (3.38) |
131.5 (5.18) |
112.0 (4.41) |
101.5 (4.00) |
103.0 (4.06) |
49.6 (1.95) |
6.8 (0.27) |
2.8 (0.11) |
662 (26.08) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 6.6 | 10.4 | 13.5 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 159.5 |
| Average snowy days | 6.5 | 9.3 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 73 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 46 | 51 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 53 | 46 | 59 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 196.7 | 177.5 | 198.8 | 211.1 | 198.4 | 167.7 | 188.2 | 190.5 | 164.9 | 171.9 | 198.4 | 204.2 | 2,268.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 62 | 57 | 53 | 54 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 64 | 66 | 52 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "果洛州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-07-09.
- ^ a b "新华网青海频道_青海新闻".
- ^ "Bennak". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ "pad+ma rdzong". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ "mgo log lo rgyus deb ther". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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