Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

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Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 km² and its capital is Gonghe county. The placename literally means "south of the Qinghai Lake."

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Ethnic groups in Hainan, 2000 census 3 Subdivisions 4 Further reading

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2000 census, the prefecture has 375,426 inhabitants with a population density of 8.18 inhabitants/km².

[edit] Ethnic groups in Hainan, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Tibetan	235,663	62.77%
Han	105,337	28.06%
Hui	26,152	6.97%
Tu	3,750	1%
Mongol	2.637	0.7%
Salar	1,231	0.33%
Others	656	0.17%

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties: Gonghe county (共和县),Tongde county (同德县), Guide county (贵德县), Xinghai county (兴海县), Guinan county (贵南县)

[edit] 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

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

Coordinates: 36°16′27″N 100°37′17″E / 36.27417, 100.62139