Baimai

Baimai
Township
Chinese transcription(s)
  Traditional 八美
  Simplified 八美
  Pinyin Bāměi
Baimai

Location within Tibet

Coordinates: 30°18′N 96°1′E / 30.300°N 96.017°E / 30.300; 96.017
Country People's Republic of China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Qamdo Prefecture
County Lhorong County
Nearby settlements (distance)

Qumdo 
21.6 mi (35 km)

Nagjog 
14.9 mi (24 km)

Lingza 
20.2 mi (33 km)

Ngomdo 
23.4 mi (38 km)

Medogdeng 
16 mi (26 km)

Gyari 
29.9 mi (48 km)
Elevation 4,507 m (14,789 ft)
Population
  Total 590
  Major Nationalities Tibetan
  Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

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Baimai (Chinese: 八美; Pinyin: Bāměi) is a Township in Lhorong County, Qamdo Prefecture in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,507 metres (14,787 ft) and is located some 48 kilometres (30 mi) west of the village of Gyari.

The population is around 590.

Sight

Bamei Town is situated in southeast of Daofu County of Garze Qiang and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Within the beautiful Bamei Town, there you can enjoy the spectacular scenery of Bamei Stone Forest.

The magnificence of Bamei stone forest is as beautiful as the karst stone forest in South China, but it has its own uniqueness. From far away, the stone forest resembles numerous towering pagodas. While when getting close, you will find they are with their special shapes and postures. Because of the wind and weather conditions, these stones are changeable in color in different seasons. They are in light gray and light blue in dry seasons, but are in pale ink colors in wet seasons. Whatever their colors and shapes are, the stone forest is splendor setting with the vast grassland, towering snow mountains and the charming Tibetan houses.


See also

External links and references

Coordinates: 30°3′N 96°54′E / 30.050°N 96.900°E / 30.050; 96.900

References


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