Pama Township

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Pama
བར་མ་
Township
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Pama
Location within Tibet
Coordinates: 31°18′19″N84°7′32″E / 31.30528°N 84.12556°E / 31.30528; 84.12556 Coordinates: 31°18′19″N84°7′32″E / 31.30528°N 84.12556°E / 31.30528; 84.12556
Country China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Shigatse Prefecture
County Zhongba County
Area
  Total 4,098 km2 (1,582 sq mi)
Population
   Major Nationalities Tibetan
   Regional dialect Tibetan language
Time zone +8

Barma (Tibetan: བར་མ་), or Pama (Chinese :帕玛乡), Pamaxiang, also spelled Parma or Jarma) is a small town and township-level division in Zhongba County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located roughly 500 kilometres (310 mi) northwest of Lhasa next to Chabyer Co lake, north of Taro Co. The township was established in 1961 and covers an area of 4,098 square kilometres (1,582 sq mi). [1] [2]

Standard Tibetan is the most widely spoken form of the Tibetic languages. It is based on the speech of Lhasa, an Ü-Tsang dialect. For this reason, Standard Tibetan is often called Lhasa Tibetan. Tibetan is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The written language is based on Classical Tibetan and is highly conservative.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the ethnic Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Zhongba County County in Tibet, Peoples Republic of China

Zhongba County is a county of Xigazê Prefecture in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located in western Tibet, it is the largest county in the prefecture.

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