Xining is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau.
Jiuquan,formerly known as Suzhou,is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than 600 km (370 mi) wide from east to west,occupying 191,342 km2 (73,878 sq mi),although its built-up area is mostly located in its Suzhou District.
Golmud,also known by various other romanizations,is a county-level city in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province,China. It is now the second-largest city in Qinghai and the third largest in the Tibetan Plateau. The population in 2020 is 221,863.
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,also transliterated as Yüxü or Yulshul,is an autonomous prefecture of Southwestern Qinghai Province,China. Largely inhabited by Tibetans,the prefecture has an area of 188,794 square kilometres (72,894 sq mi) and its seat is located in the town of Gyêgu in Yushu County,which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo. The official source of the Yellow River lies within the prefecture. Historically,the area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in Eastern Tibet.
Longnan is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province in China. It borders Sichuan on its south and Shaanxi on its east. As of the 2020 Chinese census,the population of the prefecture-level city was 2,855,555.
Haidong is a prefecture-level city of Qinghai province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake." On 8 February 2013 Haidong was upgraded from a prefecture (海东地区) into a prefecture-level city. Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud.
Dongtai is a coastal county-level city under the administration of Yancheng,Jiangsu province,China. It has a population of roughly 1,170,000 estimated for 2007. Out of the total population,about 260,000 live in the Dongtai urban core,others are distributed in the 23 suburban towns and rural regions. With some Yellow Sea coast,it borders the prefecture-level cities of Nantong to the south and Taizhou to the west,and is the southernmost county-level division of Yancheng.
ZoigêCounty or Ruo'ergai County is a county of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan,China,bordering Gansu to the north. It is the northernmost county of the province. It is part of the Tibetan traditional region of Amdo.
Minle County is a county in Gansu province of China,bordering Qinghai province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye. Its postal code is 734500,and in 1999 its population was 232,462 people. The GDP per capita is US$1,605 in 2010.
Delingha,or Delhi,is the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northern Qinghai province,China. It is located approximately 200 km (120 mi) southeast of the Da Qaidam Administrative Region. It is a mainly industrial county-level city. The Bayin River divides the city into two parts:Hedong and Hexi. Because the prefecture seat is located in Hedong,it is slightly more flourishing than Hexi,which is chiefly agricultural.
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County is a county in the northeast of Qinghai Province,China,bordering Gansu Province to the north. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Menyuan is situated on the Datong River between the Qilian Mountains and Daban Mountains. Gangshiqia Peak rises dramatically in the north of the county. It used to be called Menyuan (亹源) in Chinese,with a different first character from the current name.
Madoi County is a county of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,in southeast-central Qinghai province,bordering Sichuan to the south. Its area is about 25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi),and with an average elevation of 4,300 m (14,000 ft) it is the highest Chinese county by average elevation. In Madoi County is the upper stream of the Yellow River which flows to Ngoring and Gyaring lake.
Qumarlêb County is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,south-central Qinghai province,China.
Ulan or Wulan is a county of Qinghai Province,China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg.
Dulan County is a county of east-central Qinghai province,China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Tianjun County,in Tibetan Themchen,is a county of Qinghai Province,China,bordering Gansu Province to the north. It is under the administration of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat in Xinyuan Town.
Lenghu is a town in Mangnai,Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the northwest of Qinghai province,China,bordering Gansu to the north/northeast and Xinjiang to the northwest.
Mangnai,also known as Mang'ai or Mangya,is a county-level city in the northwest of Qinghai Province,China,bordering Xinjiang to the north and west. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the most remote cities in China,the closest other city,Ruoqiang,is located 350 kilometres (220 mi) away. In 2020 it had a population of 18856. The name Mangnai is based on the Mongolian word for 'forehead'.
Tanggulashan,or Dangla Town,is a town in the southwest of Qinghai province,China. It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud,in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,partially administrated by Amdo County,Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Prefecture,Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud,Haixi Prefecture,Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005,it was known as Tanggula Township (唐古拉乡). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures.
Chaka Salt Lake is a salt lake in Ulan County,Haixi Prefecture,Qinghai,China. The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin,298 kilometres (185 mi) to the west of the provincial capital Xining. The name "Chaka" (ཚྭ་ཁ) means "salt lake" in Tibetan.
