Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་བཡྣང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 km² and its capital is Haiyan County. The placename literally means "north of the Qinghai Lake."

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km².

[edit] Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	94,841	36.63%
Hui	79.190	30,58%
Tibetan	62.520	24,15%
Mongol	13.087	5,05%
Tu	7.806	3,01%
Salar	901	0,35%
Others	577	0,23%

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1autonomous county:

• Haiyan county (海晏县)
• Qilian County (祁连县)
• Gangca County (刚察县)
• Menyuan Hui Autonomous County (门源回族自治县)

v • d • e Qinghai Province History · Politics · Economy Prefecture-level city Xining Prefecture Haidong Autonomous prefectures Golog · Haibei · Hainan · Haixi · Huangnan · Yushu See also: List of Qinghai County-level divisions

v • d • e Tibetan autonomous areas in the People's Republic of China Regions Tibet Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi Provinces Qinghai Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu Sichuan Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli Yunnan Dêqên See also Political divisions of China