Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་ནུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. Haixi has an area of 325.785 km² and its capital is Delingha.
The Geladandong Mountain (the source of the Yangtze River) is located here.
[edit] Demographics
With censuses in the year 2000, Haixi has 332,094 inhabitants (population density had: 1.02 per km²).
[edit] Ethnic groups in Haixi, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
[edit] Subdivisions
Haixi directly governs 2 county-level cities, 3 counties.
- County level city: Delingha city, Golmud city.
- County: Ulan county, Tianjun county, Dulan county
| Tibetan autonomous areas in the People's Republic of China |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Tibet Autonomous Region: | Lhasa | Nagqu | Qamdo | Shannan | Xigazê | Ngari | Nyingchi | |
| In Qinghai Province: | Haibei | Hainan | Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) | Huangnan | Golog | Gyêgu | |
| In Sichuan Province: | Garzê | Ngawa (Tibetan and Qiang) | Muli | |
| In Gansu Province: | Gannan | Tianzhu | |
| In Yunnan Province: | Dêqên | |
| See also: Political divisions of China | ||
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