Datong (Xining)
The Datong Autonomous County of the Hui and Tu ( 大通 回族 土族 自治县 , Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn ) is an autonomous district of the Hui and Tu , which belongs to the prefecture-level city of Xining (Tibetan Ziling), the capital of the Chinese province of Qinghai . It has an area of 3,090 km² and has about 430,000 inhabitants. Its main town is the large community of Qiaotou (桥头 镇).
Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)
In the 2000 census, Datong Autonomous County had 416,968 residents.
Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
---|---|---|
Han | 221.131 | 53.03% |
Hui | 119,864 | 28.75% |
Do | 42,347 | 10.16% |
Tibetans | 27,692 | 6.64% |
Mongols | 4,613 | 1.11% |
Manju | 650 | 0.16% |
Salar | 130 | 0.03% |
Dongxiang | 109 | 0.03% |
Korean | 43 | 0.01% |
Miao | 40 | 0.01% |
Others | 349 | 0.08% |
Coordinates: 37 ° 6 ' N , 101 ° 28' E