Английская Википедия:Haidong
Шаблон:Other uses Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:Infobox settlement Шаблон:Infobox Chinese Haidong (Шаблон:Zh) 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 (Шаблон:Zh) into a prefecture-level city.[1] Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud.
Haidong was historically populated by the Qiang people, although the area has been inhabited as early as 6000 years ago. In 121 BC the area was captured by Huo Qubing, defeating the Xiongnu. In 399 AD the Xianbei founded the state of Nanliang, with its capital in Ledu District.[2]
Geography
Haidong is the easternmost division of Qinghai province. It is bounded by Xining, the provincial capital, to the West, the Datong River Valley to the north, Gansu to the east, and the Yellow River to the south. Mountain ranges tower above the district of which the main valley is the one of the Huang Shui (Tib. Tsong Chu), a major tributary of the Yellow River. This valley stretches from west to east and makes up - together with the area around Xining, the landscape which is called Tsongkha ("Onion Valley") by Tibetans. It has a total area of Шаблон:Convert
Climate
Administrative divisions
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Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population Шаблон:Small |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
Ping'an District | Шаблон:Lang | Píng'ān Qū | 102,975 | 750 | 137 |
Ledu District | Шаблон:Lang | Lèdū Qū | 260,185 | 2,821 | 92 |
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County | Шаблон:Lang | Mínhé Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
350,118 | 1,780 | 197 |
Huzhu Tu Autonomous County | Шаблон:Lang | Hùzhù Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
356,437 | 3,321 | 107 |
Hualong Hui Autonomous County | Шаблон:Lang | Huàlóng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn |
203,317 | 2,740 | 74 |
Xunhua Salar Autonomous County | Шаблон:Lang | Xúnhuà Sǎlāzú Zìzhìxiàn |
123,814 | 1,749 | 70 |
Demographics
As of 2005, the total population of Haidong is approximately 1,480,000. It is the most densely populated areaШаблон:Clarify of Qinghai, with almost a third of the province's population (its surface makes up only two percent of Qinghai).
References
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. Шаблон:ISBN
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, Шаблон:ISBN
Шаблон:Qinghai Шаблон:Prefectural-level divisions of the People's Republic of China