Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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| Haixi 海西 |
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| — Autonomous Prefecture — | |
| Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
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| Chinese transliteration(s) | |
| - Characters | 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 |
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| - Pinyin | Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture Seat | Delingha |
| Area | |
| - Total | 325,785 km² (125,786.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 332,094 |
| - Density | 1/km² (2.6/sq mi) |
| - Major Ethnic Groups | Han-64.95% Tibtean-12.16% Hui-11.94% Mongols- 7.23% |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 817000 |
| Area code(s) | 0977 |
| Website: http://www.haixi.gov.cn/ | |
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 placename literally means "west of the Qinghai Lake."
The Geladandong Mountain (the source of the Yangtze River) is located here.
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[edit] Demographics
With censuses in the year 2000, Haixi has 332,094 inhabitants (population density had: 1.02 per km²).
[edit] History
After 1949, the People's Government of Dulan County was founded and the area was renamed Dulan Autonomous District (都兰自治区); in 1954, Dulan was renamed Haixi Mongol and Kazakh Autonomous District (海西蒙藏哈萨克族自治区) and in 1955, Haixi Mongol and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (自治州). In 1963, it was renamed Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙古族藏族哈萨克族自治州). In 1985, after the Kazakhs had returned to Xinjiang, it was again renamed Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.[1]
[edit] Ethnic groups in Haixi, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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| 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 and 3 counties.[2]
| Name | Pinyin and Chinese | Area (km²) | Population (’000) | administrative seat |
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| Delingha city | Délìnghā Shì 德令哈市 | 27,613 | 60 | Delingha |
| Golmud city | Gé’ěrmù Shì 格尔木市 | 123,460 | 107 | Golmud |
| Ulan county | Wūlán Xiàn 乌兰县 | 10,784 | 39 | Xireg (Xīlǐgōu Zhēn 希里沟镇) |
| Dulan county | Dūlán Xiàn 都兰县 | 50,000 | 53 | Qagan Us (Cháhàn Wūsū Zhēn 察汗乌苏镇) |
| Tianjun county | Tiānjùn Xiàn 天峻县 | 20,000 | 18 | Xinyuan (Xīnyuán Zhēn 新源镇) |
| Lenghu (?) | Lěnghú Xíngwěi 冷湖行委 | 21,000 | 21 | Lenghu (Lěnghú Zhēn 冷湖镇) |
| Da Qaidam | Dà Cháidàn Xíngwěi 大柴旦行委 | 34,000 | 13 | Da Qaidam (Dà Cháidàn Zhēn 大柴旦)镇 |
| Mangya (?) | Mángyá Xíngwěi 茫崖行委 | 32,000 | 29 | Huatugou (Huātǔgōu Zhēn 花土沟镇) |
[edit] Notes
- ^ 海西州 (青海省民政厅网站).
For details, see: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 (行政区划网站). - ^ Names according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997), ISBN 7-5031-1718-4.
Population and area figures according to 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 (行政区划网站).
[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
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