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How can Xining population be 5.6 millions and Qinghai total population 5.29 millions?

I was wondering the same thing. Is it because they are "squeezed between a long valley"? Walkerma 16:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Maybe Xining has such a big area that it spills into neighboring Gansu province, so that there's urban area that's part of Xining, but not in Qinghai. Either that or there's a serious typo. I searched Xining population in Google and this link provides a more credible figure of 700,000: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/qinghai/xining/. I assume the figure of 1.1 million would not be for Xining city itself but for the county Xining is in, as 7,671 sq km is a huge area for a city of less than a million. I assume the urban figure would be Xining's population plus any other developments in the county that are considered urban. I could find something more official, but I'll leave that for someone else. 03:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

My (old) lonely planet offers the figure of 1.1 million. The theory about the city 'spilling' into Gansu doesn't make sense; it is a) too far and b) Lanzhou is a big city on its own accord. I will change the figure to 1.1 million because leaving the figure as it is is pretty rediculous 58.67.16.99 13:11, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tourism

I find the text in that section largely inappropriate for an encyclopedia. It reads like it was copied straight out of a tour book. Please, change or cut down in length. Awolf002 11:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)