Haidong Prefecture
Encyclopedia
Haidong Prefecture is a prefecture
of Qinghai
province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake
."
, the provincial capital, to the West, the Datong River Valley to the north, Gansu to the east, and the Yellow River
to the south. Mountain ranges tower above the district of which the main valley is the one of the Huang Shui (Tib. Tsong Chu), a major tributary of the Yellow River. This valley stretcehs from west to east and makes up - together with the area around Xining, the landscape which is called Tsongkha ("Onion Valley") by Tibetans. It has a total area of 13100 square kilometres (5,057.9 sq mi)
, with almost a third of the province's population (its surface makes up only two percent of Qinghai).
Prefecture
A prefecture is an administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries and within some international church structures, and in antiquity a Roman district governed by an appointed prefect.-Antiquity:...
of Qinghai
Qinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake
Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake , is a saline lake situated in the province of Qinghai, and is the largest lake in China. The names Qinghai and Kokonor both mean "Blue/Teal Sea/Lake" in Chinese and Mongolian. It is located about west of the provincial capital of Xining at 3,205 m above sea level in a depression...
."
Geography
Haidong is the easternmost division of Qinghai province. It is bounded by XiningXining
Xining is the capital of Qinghai province, People's Republic of China, and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. It has 2,208,708 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,198,304 live in the built up area made of 4 urban districts.-History:...
, the provincial capital, to the West, the Datong River Valley to the north, Gansu to the east, and the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
to the south. Mountain ranges tower above the district of which the main valley is the one of the Huang Shui (Tib. Tsong Chu), a major tributary of the Yellow River. This valley stretcehs from west to east and makes up - together with the area around Xining, the landscape which is called Tsongkha ("Onion Valley") by Tibetans. It has a total area of 13100 square kilometres (5,057.9 sq mi)
Administrative divisions
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ping'an County Ping'an County Ping'an County is an administrative district in Qinghai, the People's Republic of China. It is one of 43 counties of Qinghai. It is part of the Haidong Prefecture, with the city of the same name being the prefecture seat... |
平安县 | Píng'ān Xiàn | 110,000 | 750 | 147 | |
| 2 | Ledu County | 乐都县 | Lèdū Xiàn | 280,000 | 2,821 | 99 | |
| 3 | Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County | 民和回族 土族自治县 |
Mínhé Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
370,000 | 1,780 | 208 | |
| 4 | Huzhu Tu Autonomous County | 互助土族 自治县 |
Hùzhù Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
370,000 | 3,321 | 111 | |
| 5 | Hualong Hui Autonomous County | 化隆回族 自治县 |
Huàlóng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn |
230,000 | 2,740 | 84 | |
| 6 | Xunhua Salar Autonomous County Xunhua Salar Autonomous County Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is an autonomous Salar county in the southeast of Haidong Prefecture of Qinghai province, People's Republic of China. The county has an area of around and approximately 110,000 inhabitants... |
循化撒拉族 自治县 |
Xúnhuà Sǎlāzú Zìzhìxiàn |
110,000 | 1,749 | 63 |
Demographics
As of 2005, the total population of Haidong is approximately 1,480,000. It is the most densely populated area of QinghaiQinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
, with almost a third of the province's population (its surface makes up only two percent of Qinghai).
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. 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