Baiyü County

Baiyü County or Pelyül (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཡུལ།, Chinese: 白玉县) is a county in far western Sichuan, China on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Baiyü County
白玉县 · དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང
Baiyu, Pelyül
Palyul Monastery in Baiyü
Location of Baiyü County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Baiyü
Location in Sichuan
Baiyü
Baiyü (China)
Coordinates: 31°13′N 98°49′E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatZugzhün (Jianshe)
Area
  Total10,386 km2 (4,010 sq mi)
Elevation
3,012 m (9,882 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total59,524
  Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.baiyu.gov.cn
Baiyü County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese白玉县
Traditional Chinese白玉縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང་།
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