Banma County or Baima County is a county of southeastern
Qinghai Province
Qinghai is an inland province in Northwestern China. It is the largest province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xining.
Qinghai borders Gansu on the nort ...
, China, bordering
Sichuan
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to the south. It is the southernmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...
under the administration of
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Golog (Golok or Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, c=果洛藏族自治州 , p=Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; ) is an autonomous prefecture occupying the southeastern corner of Qinghai province, China. The prefecture has an area of and ...
. The Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party passed through Banma in 1936 during the
Long March
The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...
.
The seat of Baima county is in
Sêlêtang.
It is home to Bennak, a
Nyingma
Nyingma (, ), also referred to as ''Ngangyur'' (, ), is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Nyingma school was founded by PadmasambhavaClaude Arpi, ''A Glimpse of the History of Tibet'', Dharamsala: Tibet Museum, 2013. ...
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.
Administrative divisions
Banma is divided into one town and eight townships:
Climate
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
Qinghai, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.
Administrative divisions
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People ...
References
County-level divisions of Qinghai
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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