Banma County is a county of southeastern
Qinghai Province
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...
, 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 ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there a ...
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
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.
The seat of Baima county is in
Sailaitang Town ().
It is home to Bennak, a
Nyingma
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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
Gadê is divided into one town and eight townships:
*
Sailaitang Town ()
* Duogongma Township (多贡麻乡)
* Makehe Township (马可河乡)
* Jika Township (吉卡乡)
* Daka Township (达卡乡)
* Zhiqin Township (知钦乡)
* Jiangritang Township (江日堂乡)
* Ya'ertang Township (亚尔堂乡)
* Dengta Township (灯塔乡)
Climate
See also
*
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 Peopl ...
References
County-level divisions of Qinghai
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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