Baiyü County

Baiyü County
白玉县 · དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང
Baiyu, Pelyül
Location of Baiyü County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Baiyü
Location in Sichuan
Baiyü
Baiyü (China)
Coordinates: 31°13′N 98°49′E / 31.217°N 98.817°E / 31.217; 98.817
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatZugzhün (Jianshe)
Area
  Total
10,386 km2 (4,010 sq mi)
Elevation
3,012 m (9,882 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
59,524
  Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.baiyu.gov.cn
Baiyü County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese白玉县
Traditional Chinese白玉縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBáiyù Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliedpal yul rdzong
Tibetan PinyinBaiyü Zong

Baiyü County or Pelyül (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཡུལ།, Chinese: 白玉县) is a county in far western Sichuan, China on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.