Haixi

Street scene in Delhi, the district capital

The Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans ( Mongolian :ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠵᠧᠦ, in the official transcription Hayixi-yin Mônggôl Tubod undusuten-u oberdegen jasahû jeu ; Tibetan མཚོ་ ནུབ་ སོག་ རིགས་ ཆ་ བོད་ རིགས་ རང་སྐྱོང་ ཁུལ་ , Wylie transliteration : Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul ; Chinese 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 , Pinyin Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu ) is located in the northwest and southwest of the Chinese province of Qinghai and is part of the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo .

The capital and seat of the district administration of Haixi is the city of Delhi (德令哈市Delingha Shi ). Haixi has an area of 325,785 km² (corresponds to more than 91% of the total area of Germany). The two cities of Golmud ( Ge'ermu Shi ) and Delhi , as well as the three districts of Têmqên , Ulan and Dulan, are subordinate to the autonomous district .

Location of Haixi within the boundaries of Qinghai Province

In the 2010 census, Haixi had 489,338 inhabitants (population density: 1.70 inh / km²).

Administrative structure

The Haixi Autonomous District of the Mongols and Tibetans is made up of three urban districts, three districts and two "administrative committees". These are:

City of Delhi - 德令哈市 Délìnghā Shì ;
City of Golmud - 格尔木市 Gé'ěrmù Shì ;
City of Mangnai - 茫崖市 Mángyá Shì ;

Ulan County - 乌兰县 Wūlán Xiàn ;
Dulan County - 都兰县 Dūlán Xiàn ;
Têmqên district - 天峻县 Tiānjùn Xiàn ;

Lenghu Administrative Committee - 冷湖行政委员会 Lěnghú Xíngzhèng Wěiyuánhuì ;

Administrative Committee Da Qaidam - 大柴旦行政委员会 Dàcháidàn Xíngzhèng Wěiyuánhuì .

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Han	215,706	64.95%
Tibetans	40,371	12.16%
Hui	39,644	11.94%
Mongols	24,020	7.23%
Do	5,792	1.74%
Salar	3,569	1.07%
Dongxiang	1,026	0.31%
Manchu	544	0.16%
Tujia	422	0.13%
Kazakhs	380	0.11%
Others	620	0.2%

Haixi

Administrative structure

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

See also