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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| 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.[2] The seat of Baima county is in Sêlêtang.[2]
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]