Markam County

Markam County (Tibetan: སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 芒康县) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the east and Yunnan to the south. It is the easternmost county-level division of the Tibet A.R.

Markam County
芒康县སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
Location of Markam County within Tibet
Markam County
Location in Tibet
Markam County
Markam County (China)
Coordinates: 30°34′35″N 98°58′29″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatGartok
Area
  Total11,576.21 km2 (4,469.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total79,001
  Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitemangkang.changdu.gov.cn
Markam County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese芒康县
Traditional Chinese芒康縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
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