Baima (Tibetan: པད་མ།, Wylie: pad ma, ZYPY: Baima; Chinese: 白玛; pinyin: Báimǎ) is a town in Baxoi County, Chamdo Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.[1][2] It lies at an altitude of 3,772 metres (12,378 ft). As of 2020, it administers Baima Residential Community and the following eight villages:[3][4]

  • Yoiba Village (ཡོལ་པ, 约巴村)
  • Zhubba Village (སྒྲུབ་པ, 珠巴村)
  • Nairab Village (གནས་རབ, 乃然村)
  • Rixi Village (རི་གཞི, 日吉村)
  • Wanbêb Village (ཝ་འབེབས, 旺比村)
  • Samar Village (ས་དམར, 沙木村)
  • Dêngka Village (སྟེང་ཁ, 丁卡村)
  • Xaiba Village (གཤས་པ, 西巴村)
Baima
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Traditional白瑪
 • Simplified白玛
 • PinyinBáimǎ
Baima is located in Tibet
Baima
Baima
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 30°3′N 96°54′E / 30.050°N 96.900°E / 30.050; 96.900
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureChamdo Prefecture
CountyBaxoi County
Nearby settlements (distance)Bamda 
20.5 mi (33 km)

Chongsar 
18.3 mi (29 km)

Gyari 
26.7 mi (43 km)

Lingka 
14.9 mi (24 km)

Tanggar 
33 mi (53 km)

Zhaxize 
7.9 mi (13 km)

Nyige 
29.4 mi (47 km)
Elevation
3,772 m (12,378 ft)
Population
 • Total378
 • Major Nationalities
Tibetan
 • Regional dialect
Tibetan language
Time zone+8
ClimateCwb

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  1. ^ Wu Zhenhua (武振华), Xizang Diming (西藏地名; Place Names in Tibet), p.27, Chinese Zangxue Press (中国藏学出版社) 1996, ISBN 7-80057-284-6
  2. ^ 2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:八宿县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ 2020年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:白玛镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Geographical Names of Qamdo Prefecture-Level City". Institute of the Estonian Language. Retrieved 7 January 2021.