Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 |
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| 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ |
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| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese characters | 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 |
| • Hanyu pinyin | Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan script | མཚོ་ནུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ |
| • Wylie | Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
| • Tibetan pinyin | Conub Sogrig Poirig Ranggyong Kü |
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| Coordinates: 37°24′N 97°24′E / 37.4°N 97.4°ECoordinates: 37°24′N 97°24′E / 37.4°N 97.4°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture Seat | Delhi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 325,785 km2 (125,786 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 489,338 |
| • Density | 1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
| • Major Ethnic Groups | Han-64.95% Tibetan-12.16% Hui-11.94% Mongols- 7.23% |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 817000 |
| Area code(s) | 0977 |
| Website | http://www.haixi.gov.cn/ |
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, locally also known as Qaidam Perfecture (mong. Qaidam; tib. Caindam; chin. Chaidamu), is an autonomous prefecture in northern Qinghai province of Western China. It has an area of 325,785 square kilometres (125,786 sq mi) and its capital is Delhi. The name of the prefecture literally means "west of Qinghai Lake."
Geladandong Mountain, the source of the Yangtze River, is located here.
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History[edit]
After 1949, the People's Government of Dulan County was founded and the area was renamed Dulan Autonomous District (都兰自治区); in 1954, Dulan was renamed Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous District (海西蒙藏哈萨克族自治区) and in 1955, Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙藏哈萨克族自治州). In 1963, it was renamed "海西蒙古族藏族哈萨克族自治州" (English the same, "蒙藏哈萨克族"->"蒙古族藏族哈萨克族"). In 1985, after the Kazakhs had returned to Xinjiang, it was again renamed Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.[2]
Demographics[edit]
As of the 2010 census, Haixi had 489,338 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 1.5 inhabitants per km².
The following is a list of ethnic groups in the prefecture, taken in the 2000 Census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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| Han | 215,706 | 64.95% |
| Tibetan | 40,371 | 12.16% |
| Hui | 39,644 | 11.94% |
| Mongol | 24,020 | 7.23% |
| Tu | 5,792 | 1.74% |
| Salar | 3,569 | 1.07% |
| Dongxiang | 1,026 | 0.31% |
| Manchu | 544 | 0.16% |
| Tujia | 422 | 0.13% |
| Kazakh | 380 | 0.11% |
| Others | 620 | 0.2% |
Subdivisions[edit]
Haixi directly governs 2 county-level cities and 3 counties.
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian | Tibetan | Wylie | Population (2010) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Delhi City | 德令哈市 | Délìnghā Shì | ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢᠬᠣᠲᠠ | གཏེར་ལེན་ཁ | gter len kha | 78,184 | 27,613 | 2.83 |
| 2 | Golmud City | 格尔木市 | Gé'ěrmù Shì | ᠭᠣᠯᠮᠣᠣᠠᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ན་གོར་མོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ | na gor mo grong khyer |
215,213 | 123,460 | 1.74 |
| 3 | Ulan County | 乌兰县 | Wūlán Xiàn | ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠰᠢᠶᠠᠠ | ཝུའུ་ལན་རྫོང་ | wu'u lan rdzong | 38,723 | 10,784 | 3.59 |
| 4 | Dulan County | 都兰县 | Dūlán Xiàn | ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠠ | ཏུའུ་ལན་རྫོང་ | tu'u lan rdzong | 76,623 | 50,000 | 1.53 |
| 5 | Tianjun County | 天峻县 | Tiānjùn Xiàn | ᠲᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠵᠢᠶᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠠ | ཐེན་ཅུན་རྫོང་ | then cun rdzong | 33,923 | 20,000 | 1.70 |
| 6 | Lenghu Administrative Committee | 冷湖行政委员会 | Lěnghú Xíngzhèng Wěiyuánhuì |
ᠯᠧᠩ ᠾᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ | 2,434 | 21,000 | 0.12 | ||
| 7 | Da Qaidam Administrative committee | 大柴旦行政委员会 | Dàcháidàn Xíngzhèng Wěiyuánhuì |
ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ | 13,671 | 34,000 | 0.40 | ||
| 8 | Mangnai Administrative committee | 茫崖行政委员会 | Mángnái Xíngzhèng Wěiyuánhuì |
ᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ | 31,017 | 32,000 | 0.97 | ||
The southwestern exclave of the Haixi Prefecture, separated from the rest of the prefecture by a "panhandle" of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is the Tanggulashan Town of Golmud City.
Gallery[edit]
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Notable Features[edit]
- Delhi city
- Geladandong mountain
- Headwaters of the Yangtze River
- The Baigong Pipes
Notes[edit]
- ^ According to 2010 China National Census
- ^ 海西州 (青海省民政厅网站).
For details, see: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 (行政区划网站).
Further reading[edit]
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
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