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Township in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Bamda Township 帮达乡
Township
Bamda is located in TibetBamdaBamdaLocation within the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 29°26′42″N 98°42′14″E / 29.4449°N 98.7040°E / 29.4449; 98.7040
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level cityNyingchi
CountyMarkam
Elevation3,805 m (12,486 ft)
Population
 • Total789
 • Major NationalitiesTibetan
 • Regional dialectTibetan language
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)

Bamda (Tibetan: སྤངམདའ།, Wylie: spang mdav; simplified Chinese: 帮达乡; traditional Chinese: 幫達鄉; pinyin: Bāngdá Xiāng) is a small township in Markam County in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner.

Footnotes

  1. 陈观胜; 安才旦 (April 2004). 《常见藏语人名地名词典》 (in Simplified Chinese) (1 ed.). Beijing: 外文出版社 . p. 24. ISBN 7-119-03497-9.
  2. Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p, 217. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0-908086-88-1.

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Nyingchi
DistrictBayiLocation of Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region
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