Qilian

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Location of Qilians (pink) in Haibei (yellow)

Qilian (祁连 县; Pinyin : Qílián Xiàn) is a district of the Haibei Autonomous District of the Tibetans in the northeast of the Chinese province of Qinghai . It has an area of ​​15,610 km² and has around 50,000 inhabitants. Its main place is the large community Babao (八宝 Groß). Due to the Chinese nuclear program, large parts of the province are restricted military areas, including the main town of Babao.

Administrative structure

At the municipality level, the district is made up of three large municipalities and four municipalities . These are (pinyin / chin.):

  • Greater community Babao八宝镇
  • Large municipality of Ebao峨 堡镇
  • Greater community Mole默勒镇

Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)

At the 2000 census, Qilian had 45,394 residents.

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Hui 15,713 34.61%
Tibetans 13,462 29.66%
Han 9,915 21.84%
Mongols 4,429 9.76%
Do 911 2.01%
Salar 760 1.67%
Yugur 62 0.14%
Bonan 61 0.13%
Dongxiang 36 0.08%
Manju 28 0.06%
Zhuang 4th 0.01%
Others 13 0.03%

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Coordinates: 38 ° 9 '  N , 99 ° 46'  E