Bamda

Bamda (Tibetan: སྤངམདའ།, Wylie: spang mdav;^[1] simplified Chinese: 帮达乡; traditional Chinese: 幫達鄉; pinyin: Bāngdá Xiāng) is a small township in Markam County in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner.^[2]

Bamda Township 帮达乡
Township
Bamda Location within the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 29°26′42″N 98°42′14″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level city	Nyingchi
County	Markam
Elevation	3,805 m (12,486 ft)
Population
• Total	789
• Major Nationalities	Tibetan
• Regional dialect	Tibetan language
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)