Pasho County

Pasho County[1][lower-alpha 1] or Baxoi County (Tibetan: དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།, Wylie: dpa' shod rdzong, THL: pa shö dzong; Chinese: 八宿县}; pinyin: Bāsù Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The county seat is at Pema (Tibetan: པད་མ, Wylie: pad ma, THL: pé ma), which is also called the Pasho Town.[3] The county population is 35,273 (1999). It contains the Pomda Monastery and Rakwa Tso lake.

Pasho County
八宿县 • དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།
County
Baxoi County
The Kangri Karpo in Baxoi County
The Kangri Karpo in Baxoi County
Location of Baxoi County (red) in Chamdo City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Baxoi County (red) in Chamdo City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Baxoi is located in Tibet
Baxoi
Baxoi
Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Coordinates: 30°3′25″N 96°55′7″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
SeatPema
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Pasho County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese八宿县
Traditional Chinese八宿縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།

Geography

The Pasho County contains the Brahmaputra–Salween water divide. The Ngajuk La pass (29.6687°N 96.7181°E / 29.6687; 96.7181 (Ngajuk La)) 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 Tibetan section of Brahmaputra).[4][5]

Climate
Climate data for Pasho (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1)		 19.6
(67.3)		 25.0
(77.0)		 25.4
(77.7)		 30.3
(86.5)		 31.9
(89.4)		 33.4
(92.1)		 31.6
(88.9)		 32.0
(89.6)		 27.9
(82.2)		 22.0
(71.6)		 17.7
(63.9)		 33.4
(92.1)
Average high °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2)		 10.6
(51.1)		 13.6
(56.5)		 16.9
(62.4)		 21.4
(70.5)		 25.3
(77.5)		 26.1
(79.0)		 25.2
(77.4)		 23.5
(74.3)		 19.0
(66.2)		 13.7
(56.7)		 9.8
(49.6)		 17.8
(64.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.1
(34.0)		 3.3
(37.9)		 6.7
(44.1)		 10.1
(50.2)		 14.9
(58.8)		 18.8
(65.8)		 19.3
(66.7)		 18.3
(64.9)		 16.5
(61.7)		 11.9
(53.4)		 5.8
(42.4)		 1.5
(34.7)		 10.7
(51.2)
Average low °C (°F) −5.7
(21.7)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 1.0
(33.8)		 4.7
(40.5)		 9.2
(48.6)		 13.6
(56.5)		 14.3
(57.7)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11.3
(52.3)		 6.2
(43.2)		 −0.7
(30.7)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 4.9
(40.9)
Record low °C (°F) −14.9
(5.2)		 −10.9
(12.4)		 −8.5
(16.7)		 −3.6
(25.5)		 0.6
(33.1)		 4.5
(40.1)		 7.4
(45.3)		 5.1
(41.2)		 1.0
(33.8)		 −4.3
(24.3)		 −9.5
(14.9)		 −16.9
(1.6)		 −16.9
(1.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.3
(0.01)		 2.0
(0.08)		 8.2
(0.32)		 20.4
(0.80)		 21.7
(0.85)		 29.1
(1.15)		 56.6
(2.23)		 57.9
(2.28)		 41.0
(1.61)		 17.6
(0.69)		 3.2
(0.13)		 1.8
(0.07)		 259.8
(10.22)
Average relative humidity (%) 28 28 34 42 40 44 52 56 52 44 34 30 40
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[6]

Transport
Pomda, Baxoi County

Maps
  • Su-tun (Shugden Gompa) (AMS, 1954)
    Su-tun (Shugden Gompa) (AMS, 1954)
  • Janwu China (DMA)
    Janwu China (DMA)

Notes
  1. Alternative spellings Pashö, Pashoi, Pashoe and Pashu.[2]

References
  1. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), p. 435.
  2. Kingdon Ward & Smith, The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo (1934), p. 380.
  3. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), p. 436.
  4. Dorje, Footprint Tibet (2004), pp. 436–437.
  5. Kaulback, Ronald (1938). "A Journey in the Salween and Tsangpo Basins, South-Eastern Tibet". The Geographical Journal. 91 (2): 97–121. doi:10.2307/1788001. JSTOR 1788001.
  6. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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