Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Geladandong Mountain, the source of the Yangtze River, is located here.
History
After 1949, the People's Government of Dulan County was founded and the area was renamed Dulan Autonomous District (Template:Lang-zh); in 1954, Dulan was renamed Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous District (Template:Lang-zh) and in 1955, Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (Template:Lang-zh). In 1963, it was renamed "Template:Lang-zh" (with the "Tibetan" added to the official county name). In 1985, after the Kazakhs had returned to Xinjiang, it was again renamed to Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.[1]
Demographics
As of the 2017 census, Haixi had 515,200 inhabitants.
The following is a composition of ethnic groups in the prefecture, taken in the 2010 Census.
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 322,996 | 66.01% |
| Tibetan | 53,498 | 10.93% |
| Hui | 65,828 | 13.45% |
| Mongolian | 27,043 | 5.53% |
| Tu/Monguor | 9,952 | 2.03% |
| Salar | 4,665 | 0.95% |
| Dongxiang | 2,734 | 0.56% |
| Manchu | 684 | 0.14% |
| Tujia | 346 | 0.07% |
| Kazakh | 525 | 0.11% |
| Others | 1066 | 0.22% |
Subdivisions
Haixi directly governs 3 county-level cities and 3 counties.
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Population (2010) |
Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |
| Delingha City (Delhi City) |
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91,855 | 61,613 | 1.49 | |
| Golmud City (Ge'ermu City) |
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215,213 | 123,460 | 1.74 | |
| Mangnai City (Mangya City) |
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33,451 | 49,000 | 0.63 | |
| Ulan County (Wulan County) |
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38,723 | 10,784 | 3.59 | |
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76,623 | 50,000 | 1.53 | |
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33,923 | 20,000 | 1.70 | |
| Da Qaidam Administrative Zone (Ih'qaidam Administrative Zone) |
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Template:Bo-textonly | Script error: No such module "lang". | 13,671 | 34,000 | 0.40 | |
- 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 Tanggula Town of Golmud City.
Gallery
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Notable features
- Delingha City
- Qaidam Basin
- Geladandong mountain
- Headwaters of the Yangtze River
- The Baigong Pipes
Notes
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Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. Template:ISBN
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, Template:ISBN
External links
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