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
Nickname: 
Pema (པདམ།)
Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture
Banma County (division numbered "2") in Golog Prefecture
Banma is located in Qinghai
Banma
Banma
Location in Qinghai
Coordinates: 32°56′05″N 100°44′09″E / 32.93472°N 100.73583°E / 32.93472; 100.73583
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
County seatSêlêtang
Area
 • Total6,376 km2 (2,462 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total31,794
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.banma.gov.cn
Banma County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese班玛县
Traditional Chinese班瑪縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཔདམ་རྫོངས།

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 edit

Banma 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 (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "新华网青海频道_青海新闻".
  3. ^ "Bennak". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ^ "pad+ma rdzong". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ^ "mgo log lo rgyus deb ther". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  6. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  7. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.