Markam County

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Markam County
芒康县སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།
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Location of Markam County within Tibet
Location of Markam County within Tibet
Coordinates: 30°34′35″N 98°58′29″E / 30.57639°N 98.97472°E / 30.57639; 98.97472Coordinates: 30°34′35″N 98°58′29″E / 30.57639°N 98.97472°E / 30.57639; 98.97472
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Markam County, (Tibetan: སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།, Wylie: smar khams rdzong, ZYPY: Markam Zong; Chinese: 芒康县; pinyin: Mángkāng Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, 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.

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