Pasho County or Baxoi County (; }) is a county under the administration of Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. 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 Bamda is a village and monastery in Baxoi County, Tibet. Pomda Monastery is a lamasery in Bomda. It was destroyed in 1959 by the Communist Chinese but rebuilt between 1984 and 1988. The monastery is around 360 years old and is home to 90 monks. Th ...

and Rakwa Tso lake.

Geography

The Pasho County contains the

Brahmaputra The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...

– Salween water divide. The Ngajuk La pass () 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 Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo () is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China. The upper section is also called D ...

(the Tibetan section of Brahmaputra).

Climate

Transport

* China National Highway 318

Maps

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Notes

References

Bibliography

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External links

Pasho County
OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022.
Ling Chu basin
OpenStreetMap, retrieved 12 October 2022. Counties of Tibet Chamdo {{Qamdo-geo-stub