Haidong (simplified Chinese: 海东; traditional Chinese: 海東; pinyin: Hǎidōng; Wylie: Haitung) 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.[2] Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud.

Haidong 海东市
Prefecture-level city
A street in Ping'an District
Location of Haidong Prefecture in Qinghai
Coordinates (Haidong CCP Committee, Ping'an District): 36°30′06″N 102°06′21″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Qinghai
Municipal seat	Ledu District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	13,200 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	1,726,100
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
• Urban	611,800
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-QH-02
Website	www.haidong.gov.cn (in Chinese)

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.[3]

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 13,100 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi)

Administrative divisions

Map
Ledu Ping'an Minhe County Huzhu County Hualong County Xunhua County
Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 Census)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Ping'an District	平安区	Píng'ān Qū	102,975	750	137
Ledu District	乐都区	Lèdū Qū	260,185	2,821	92
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County	民和回族土族自治县	Mínhé Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	350,118	1,780	197
Huzhu Tu Autonomous County	互助土族自治县	Hùzhù Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	356,437	3,321	107
Hualong Hui Autonomous County	化隆回族自治县	Huàlóng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	203,317	2,740	74
Xunhua Salar Autonomous County	循化撒拉族自治县	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 area^{[clarification needed]} of Qinghai, with almost a third of the province's population (its surface makes up only two percent of Qinghai).

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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

References

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