Xunhua Salar Autonomous County

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Xunhua Salar Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 循化撒拉族自治县; pinyin: Xúnhuà Sǎlázú Zìzhìxiàn) lies in the southeast of Haidong Prefecture of the Chinese province of Qinghai, for instance 35.5° northern latitude, 102,3° eastern longitude. The county has an area of around 2,100 km² and approximately 110,000 inhabitants (2002). In the east it borders on the province of Gansu, in the south and the west to the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, its capital is the town of Jishi.

[edit] Ethnic groups in Xunhua, 2000 census

Nationality Population Percentage
Salar 63,859 61.14%
Tibetan 25,783 24.68%
Hui 8,155 7.81%
Han 6,217 5.95%
Tu 134 0.13%
Dongxiang 116 0.11%
Mongol 39 0.04%
Qiang 35 0.03%
Bonan 22 0.02%
Blang 18 0.02%
Buyei 12 0.01%
Others 62 0.06%