Pasho County

Pasho County
八宿县དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།
Baxoi, Pashö, Pashoi, Pashoe, Pashu
Baxoi County
The Kangri Karpo in Baxoi County
Location of Baxoi County (red) in Chamdo City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Baxoi
Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Baxoi
Baxoi (China)
Coordinates: 30°3′25″N 96°55′7″E / 30.05694°N 96.91861°E / 30.05694; 96.91861
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatBaima (Pasho)
Area
  Total
12,328.31 km2 (4,759.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
43,538
  Density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitebasu.changdu.gov.cn
Pasho County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese八宿县
Traditional Chinese八宿縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāsù Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbaat3suk1 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliedpa' shod rdzong
THLpa shö dzong
Tibetan PinyinBaxoi Zong

Pasho County or Baxoi County (Tibetan: དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།; simplified Chinese: 八宿县; traditional Chinese: 八宿縣; pinyin: Bāsù Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county seat is at Pema, which is also called the "Pasho Town". It contains the Pomda Monastery and Rakwa Tso lake. As of the 2020 Chinese Census, Pasho County has a population of 43,538.