Pasho County

Pasho County or Baxoi County (Tibetan: དཔའ་ཤོད་རྫོང་།; simplified Chinese: 八宿县; traditional Chinese: 八宿縣; pinyin: Bāsù Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The county seat is at Pema, which is also called the "Pasho Town". It contains the Pomda Monastery and Rakwa Tso lake. As of the 2020 Chinese Census, Pasho County has a population of 43,538.

The area of present-day Pasho County belonged to the Tibetan Empire, around the same time as the Tang dynasty's existence.

During the Yuan dynasty, the area was incorporated as part of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs.

During the Ming dynasty, the area was organized under the tusi of Mo'erkan [zh].

The Pasho Larang [zh] was established in 1694. The Tibetan Kashag placed it under the control of the Kundeling Monastery, located in Lhasa, in 1725. Later, under the administration of the Qing dynasty, the area was placed under the jurisdiction of Enda County [zh].

In 1912, Pasho was established as a zong [zh].

In 1951, the People's Republic of China established a local government in the area. In May 1959, the area was reorganized as Pasho County. The county seat was moved from Tanggar to Baima in 1964, where it remains today.

Pasho County is located within Chamdo, in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The county itself is located within the south of Chamdo. It borders Zogong County and Zhag'yab County to the east, Zayu County to the south, Lhorong County and Bomê County to the west, and Karub District and Riwoche County to the north. Pasho County has a maximum east–west distance of 112 kilometres (70 mi) and a maximum north–south distance of 150 kilometres (93 mi).