Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大通回族土族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大通回族土族自治縣; pinyin: Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn;Tibetan: གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་།; Xiao'erjing: دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎) is an autonomous county of Hui and Tu peoples in Qinghai Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai.

Datong County 大通县 • གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་།
County
大通回族土族自治县 · دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎ Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County
Looking west over Datong town from Mt Laoye
Location of the county (red) in Xining City (yellow) and Qinghai
Location of Datong
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Qinghai
Prefecture-level city	Xining
Area
• Total	3,159.7 km2 (1,220.0 sq mi)
Elevation	2,442 m (8,012 ft)
Population	435,937
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Since 2009 a folk music "Flower Festival" has been held annually in late July on "Mount Laoye" (2928 m) in Datong town.[1]

Transportation

• China National Highway 227
• Xining–Datong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)
• Xining–Datong Railway (Ningda Railway, 宁大铁路), a 39-km long dead-end railway branch constructed in 1966-1968 and primarily serving a local coal mine. In the past, passenger service operated on that line, but ceased in 2008.
• Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; 36.966168°N 101.672054°E / 36.966168; 101.672054), opened in December 2014. Very limited service.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

References

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