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title="Qinghai – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A" title="تشينغهاي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تشينغهاي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87" title="ছিংহাই – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ছিংহাই" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chheng-h%C3%A1i-s%C3%A9ng" title="Chheng-hái-séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chheng-hái-séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цинхай – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Цинхай" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цынхай – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Цынхай" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цинхай – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Цинхай" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%94%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="མཚོ་སྔོན་ཞིང་ཆེན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="མཚོ་སྔོན་ཞིང་ཆེན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai_Sheng" title="Qinghai Sheng – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Qinghai Sheng" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cching-chaj" title="Čching-chaj – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Čching-chaj" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%B9" title="Τσινγκχάι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσινγκχάι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88inghajo" title="Ĉinghajo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉinghajo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="چینگهای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چینگهای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7" title="青海 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="青海" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhi%C3%A2ng-h%C3%B3i" title="Chhiâng-hói – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chhiâng-hói" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%AD%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%84%B1" title="칭하이성 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="칭하이성" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%91%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5" title="Ցինհայ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ցինհայ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%88" title="चिंगहई – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चिंगहई" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Qinghai" title="Provinco Qinghai – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Provinco Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цинхай – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Цинхай" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99" title="צ'ינגהאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'ינגהאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="ცინხაი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ცინხაი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cjinhai" title="Cjinhai – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Cjinhai" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cinghajus" title="Činghajus – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Činghajus" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csinghaj" title="Csinghaj – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csinghaj" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF" title="छिंगहाय – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="छिंगहाय" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="ცინხაი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ცინხაი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="چینگهای – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="چینگهای" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2" title="ꯀꯤꯡꯍꯥꯢ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯀꯤꯡꯍꯥꯢ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C4%ADng-h%C4%81i" title="Chĭng-hāi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Chĭng-hāi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%A9%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6" title="Хөхнуур муж – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хөхнуур муж" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="छिङहाई – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="छिङहाई" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E7%9C%81" title="青海省 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="青海省" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цинхай – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Цинхай" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinxay" title="Sinxay – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sinxay" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%DA%86%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="صوبہ چنگھائی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ چنگھائی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chingai" title="Chingai – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Chingai" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87i%C3%B1hay" title="Çiñhay – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Çiñhay" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai_pruwinsya" title="Qinghai pruwinsya – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Qinghai pruwinsya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Цинхай – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Цинхай" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Сынтай – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Сынтай" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="چنگھائي صوبو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="چنگھائي صوبو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cinghaj" title="Činghaj – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Činghaj" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Ћингхај – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ћингхај" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Qinghai" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="கிங்ஹாய் மாகாணம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிங்ஹாய் மாகாணம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Qinghai</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">青海</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Province of Qinghai</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Name transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Chinese</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">青海省</span></span> (<span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Qīnghǎi Shěng</i></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">Abbreviation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">QH / <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:青">青</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Qīng</span></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:#F5F5F5;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid white;width:280px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:#F5F5F5;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoh_Xil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Hoh_Xil.jpg/280px-Hoh_Xil.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Hoh_Xil.jpg/420px-Hoh_Xil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Hoh_Xil.jpg/560px-Hoh_Xil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1019" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:#F5F5F5;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%8C%B6%E5%8D%A1%E7%9B%90%E6%B9%96%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%A2%8303.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/%E8%8C%B6%E5%8D%A1%E7%9B%90%E6%B9%96%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%A2%8303.jpg/250px-%E8%8C%B6%E5%8D%A1%E7%9B%90%E6%B9%96%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%A2%8303.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/%E8%8C%B6%E5%8D%A1%E7%9B%90%E6%B9%96%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%A2%8303.jpg/330px-%E8%8C%B6%E5%8D%A1%E7%9B%90%E6%B9%96%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%A2%8303.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skyscrapers_in_Chengzhong_District,_Xining_(53727167629)_-_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Skyscrapers_in_Chengzhong_District%2C_Xining_%2853727167629%29_-_2024.jpg/139px-Skyscrapers_in_Chengzhong_District%2C_Xining_%2853727167629%29_-_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Skyscrapers_in_Chengzhong_District%2C_Xining_%2853727167629%29_-_2024.jpg/209px-Skyscrapers_in_Chengzhong_District%2C_Xining_%2853727167629%29_-_2024.jpg 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style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lijiaxialake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lijiaxialake.jpg/139px-Lijiaxialake.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lijiaxialake.jpg/209px-Lijiaxialake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lijiaxialake.jpg/278px-Lijiaxialake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4815" data-file-height="3207" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="display:table-row"><div class="thumbcaption" style="display:table-cell;background-color:#F8F8FF;font-size:95%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Clockwise from the top:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hoh_Xil" title="Hoh Xil">Hoh Xil</a></li> <li>Downtown <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lijiaxia_Dam" title="Lijiaxia Dam">Lijiaxia Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbum_Monastery" title="Kumbum Monastery">Kumbum Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaka_Salt_Lake" title="Chaka Salt Lake">Chaka Salt Lake</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai_in_China_(%2Ball_claims_hatched).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map showing the location of Qinghai Province"><img alt="Map showing the location of Qinghai Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg/275px-Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg/413px-Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg/550px-Qinghai_in_China_%28%2Ball_claims_hatched%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="940" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Map showing the location of Qinghai Province</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Qinghai&params=35_N_96_E_type:adm1st_region:CN"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°N</span> <span class="longitude">96°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35°N 96°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35; 96</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">China</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named after</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Derived from the name of <a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a> ("blue/green lake").</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">(and largest city)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Divisions<br /> - <a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_divisions_of_China" title="Prefecture-level divisions of China">Prefecture-level</a><br /> - <a href="/wiki/County-level_division" class="mw-redirect" title="County-level division">County-level</a><br /> - <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Township_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China">Township-<br />level</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_administrative_divisions_of_the_Qinghai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of administrative divisions of the Qinghai (page does not exist)">8 prefectures</a><br />44 counties<br />404 towns and subdistricts</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai_Provincial_People%27s_Congress&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qinghai Provincial People's Congress (page does not exist)">Qinghai Provincial People's Congress</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Party_Secretary_of_Qinghai" title="Party Secretary of Qinghai">Party Secretary</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wu_Xiaojun" title="Wu Xiaojun">Wu Xiaojun</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Congress Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chen_Gang_(politician,_born_1965)" title="Chen Gang (politician, born 1965)">Chen Gang</a> (titular)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Qinghai" title="Governor of Qinghai">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luo_Dongchuan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luo Dongchuan (page does not exist)">Luo Dongchuan</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Provincial <a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">CPPCC</a> Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Gönbo Zhaxi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a> Representation</th><td class="infobox-data">24 deputies</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">720,000 km<sup>2</sup> (280,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_area" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by area">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Bukadaban_Feng" title="Bukadaban Feng">Bukadaban Feng</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,860 m (22,510 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,923,957</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_population" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by population">31st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">8.2/km<sup>2</sup> (21/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by population density">30th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Ethnic composition</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> – 54%<br /><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> – 21%<br /><a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> – 16%<br /><a href="/wiki/Monguor_people" title="Monguor people">Tu</a> – 4%<br /><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mongols" title="Upper Mongols">Mongol</a> – 1.8%<br /><a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salar</a> – 1.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Languages and dialects</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhongyuan_Mandarin" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhongyuan Mandarin">Zhongyuan Mandarin Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amdo_Tibetan_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Amdo Tibetan language">Amdo Tibetan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monguor_language" title="Monguor language">Monguor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oirat_language" title="Oirat language">Oirat Mongolian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salar_language" title="Salar language">Salar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Yugur_language" title="Western Yugur language">Western Yugur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:normal">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-GDPdata_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDPdata-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CN%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="CN¥">CN¥</a> 379,906 million (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_provincial-level_divisions_by_GDP" title="List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP">30th</a>) <br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 53,913 million</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">CN¥ 63,903 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_provincial-level_divisions_by_GDP_per_capita" title="List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP per capita">24th</a>) <br />US$ 9,069</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">CN-QH</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.719<sup id="cite_ref-SHDI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHDI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_administrative_divisions_by_HDI" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chinese administrative divisions by HDI">30th</a>) – <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> <span class="languageicon">(in Chinese)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Qinghai</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai_(Chinese_characters).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Qinghai_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/120px-Qinghai_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Qinghai_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/250px-Qinghai_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">"Qinghai" in Chinese characters</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hani" style="font-size: 1rem;"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:青海">青海</a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_postal_romanization" title="Chinese postal romanization">Postal</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tsinghai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai (Lake)</a>"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Qīnghǎi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Bopo" style="font-style: normal;">ㄑㄧㄥ   ㄏㄞˇ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Chinghae</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Chʻ<span>ing<sup>1</sup>-hai<sup>3</sup></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Cinghǎi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[tɕʰíŋ.xàɪ]</a></span> 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href="/wiki/Guangdong_Romanization#Hakka" title="Guangdong Romanization">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Tshiâng-hói</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Chīnghói</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">cing1 hoi2</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="yue-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">[tsʰɪŋ˥ hɔj˧˥]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Chheng-hái</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a 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Uni","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","DDC Rinzin","Qomolangma-Woodblock","Qomolangma-Dunhuang"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}</style><span lang="bo" class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">མཚོ་སྔོན།</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support#Mongolian" title="Help:Multilingual support">rendering support</a>, you may see <a href="/wiki/Specials_(Unicode_block)#Replacement_character" title="Specials (Unicode block)">question marks, boxes, or other symbols</a> instead of text in <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_script" title="Mongolian script">Mongolian script</a>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Qinghai</b><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an inland <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">province</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_China" title="Northwestern China">Northwestern China</a>. It is the largest <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">province of China</a> (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>. </p><p>Qinghai borders <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> on the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> on the northwest, <a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> on the southeast and the <a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet Autonomous Region</a> on the southwest. Qinghai province was established in 1928 during the period of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>, and until 1949 was ruled by <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Chinese Muslim</a> warlords known as the <a href="/wiki/Ma_clique" title="Ma clique">Ma clique</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> name "Qinghai" is after <a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a>, the largest lake in China. The lake is known as Tso ngon in Tibetan, and as Kokonor Lake in English, derived from the Mongol <a href="/wiki/Oirat_language" title="Oirat language">Oirat</a> name for Qinghai Lake. Both Tso ngon and Kokonor are names found in historic documents to describe the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Khishong_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khishong-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located mostly on the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a>, the province is inhabited by a number of peoples including the <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> (concentrated in the provincial capital of Xining, nearby <a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongols</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monguor_people" title="Monguor people">Monguors</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salars</a>. According to the 2021 census reports, Tibetans constitute a fifth of the population of Qinghai and the Hui compose roughly a sixth of the population. There are over 37 recognized ethnic groups among Qinghai's population of 5.6 million, with <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China" title="Ethnic minorities in China">national minorities</a> making up a total of 49.5% of the population. </p><p>The area of Qinghai came under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Manchu" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchu">Manchu</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a> around 1724, after their defeat of <a href="/wiki/Khoshut" title="Khoshut">Khoshut</a> Mongols who previously controlled most of the area. After the <a href="/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinhai Revolution">Xinhai Revolution</a> and the ensuing fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, Qinghai came under Chinese Muslim warlord <a href="/wiki/Ma_Qi" title="Ma Qi">Ma Qi</a>'s control until the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Expedition" title="Northern Expedition">Northern Expedition</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> consolidated central control in 1928. In the same year, the province of Qinghai was established by the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_government" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist Government</a>, with Xining as its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, Qinghai was home to a diverse group of nomadic tribes closely related to other Central Asians who traditionally made a living in <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Husbandry" class="mw-redirect" title="Husbandry">husbandry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kayue_culture" title="Kayue culture">Kayue culture</a>. The eastern part of the area of Qinghai was under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> about 2,000 years ago. It was a battleground during the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang</a> and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Zhongyuan" title="Zhongyuan">Central Plain</a> dynasties when they fought against successive <a href="/wiki/History_of_Tibet" title="History of Tibet">Tibetan tribes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the middle of 3rd century CE, nomadic people related to the <a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongolic</a> <a href="/wiki/Xianbei" title="Xianbei">Xianbei</a> migrated to pasture lands around the <a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a> (Koko Nur) and established the <a href="/wiki/Tuyuhun_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuyuhun Kingdom">Tuyuhun Kingdom</a>. </p><p>In the 7th century, the Tuyuhun Kingdom was attacked by both the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan Empire</a> and the Tang dynasty as both sought control over the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a> trade routes. Tibetan King <a href="/wiki/Songtsen_Gampo" title="Songtsen Gampo">Songtsen Gampo</a> was victorious, and settled the area around Tso ngon (Lake Go, or Kokonor Lake).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Military conflicts had severely weakened the Tuyuhun kingdom and it was incorporated into the Tibetan Empire. The Tibetan Empire continued expanding beyond Tso ngon during <a href="/wiki/Trisong_Detsen" title="Trisong Detsen">Trisong Detsen</a>'s and <a href="/wiki/Ralpacan" title="Ralpacan">Ralpacan</a>'s reigns, and the empire controlled vast areas north and east of Tso ngon until 848,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included <a href="/wiki/Xi%27an" title="Xi'an">Xi'an</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Era_of_Fragmentation" title="Era of Fragmentation">fragmentation of the Tibetan Empire</a>, a series of local polities emerged under the political jostling of <a href="/wiki/Western_Xia" title="Western Xia">Western Xia</a> to the north and <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> to the east -- from the military-rule of <a href="/wiki/Guiyi_Circuit" title="Guiyi Circuit">Guiyi Circuit</a>, to a Tibetan tribal confederacy, and eventually <a href="/wiki/Tsongkha" title="Tsongkha">the Tibetan theocratic kingdom of Tsongkha</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> eventually defeated the Kokonor kingdom Tsongkha in the 1070s.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Mongol-led <a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan dynasty</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tibet_under_Yuan_rule" title="Tibet under Yuan rule">administrative rule of Tibet</a>, the region comprised the headwaters of the Ma chu (Machu River, <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>) and the Yalong (<a href="/wiki/Yangtze" title="Yangtze">Yangtze</a>) rivers and was known as <a href="/wiki/Amdo" title="Amdo">Amdo</a>, but apportioned to different administrative divisions than Tibet proper.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of Qinghai was, for a short time in the aftermath of the Yuan dynasty's overthrow, under the control of early <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a>, but later gradually lost to the <a href="/wiki/Khoshut_Khanate" title="Khoshut Khanate">Khoshut Khanate</a> founded by the <a href="/wiki/Oirats" title="Oirats">Oirats</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Xunhua_Salar_Autonomous_County" title="Xunhua Salar Autonomous County">Xunhua Salar Autonomous County</a> is where most <a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salar people</a> live in Qinghai. The Salars migrated to Qinghai from <a href="/wiki/Samarkand" title="Samarkand">Samarkand</a> in 1370.<sup id="cite_ref-Betta_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betta-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chief of the four upper clans around this time was Han Pao-yuan and Ming granted him office of centurion, it was at this time the people of his four clans took Han as their surname.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other chief Han Shan-pa of the four lower Salar clans got the same office from Ming, and his clans were the ones who took Ma as their surname.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1640 to 1724, a big part of the area that is now Qinghai was under <a href="/wiki/Khoshut" title="Khoshut">Khoshut</a> Mongol control, but in 1724 it was conquered by the armies of the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>, the capital of modern Qinghai province, began to function as the administrative center, although the city itself was then part of <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> province within the "Tibetan frontier district".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1724, 13-Article for the Effective Governing of Qinghai (Chinese:青海善后事宜十三条) was proposed by <a href="/wiki/Nian_Gengyao" title="Nian Gengyao">Nian Gengyao</a> and adopted by the Central Government to gain full control of Qinghai. </p><p>Under the Qing dynasty, the governor was a viceroy of the Emperor, but local ethnic groups enjoyed significant autonomy. Many chiefs retained their traditional authority, participating in local administrations.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Dungan_Revolt_(1862%E2%80%931877)" title="Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)">Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)</a> devastated the <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> Muslim population of <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>, shifting the Hui center of population to <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and Qinghai.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooke_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooke-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 405">: 405 </span></sup> Another <a href="/wiki/Dungan_Revolt_(1895%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungan Revolt (1895–96)">Dungan Revolt</a> broke out in Qinghai in 1895 when various Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu rebelled against the Qing. Following the <a href="/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinhai Revolution">overthrow of the Qing dynasty</a> in 1911, the region came under Chinese Muslim warlord <a href="/wiki/Ma_Qi" title="Ma Qi">Ma Qi</a> control until the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Expedition" title="Northern Expedition">Northern Expedition</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> consolidated central control in 1928. </p><p>In July–August 1912, General <a href="/wiki/Ma_Fuxiang" title="Ma Fuxiang">Ma Fuxiang</a> was "Acting Chief Executive Officer of Kokonur" (de facto Governor of the region that later became Qinghai).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, Qinghai province was created. The Muslim warlord and General <a href="/wiki/Ma_Qi" title="Ma Qi">Ma Qi</a> became military governor of Qinghai, followed by his brother <a href="/wiki/Ma_Lin_(warlord)" title="Ma Lin (warlord)">Ma Lin</a> and then Ma Qi's son <a href="/wiki/Ma_Bufang" title="Ma Bufang">Ma Bufang</a>. In 1932 <a href="/wiki/Qinghai%E2%80%93Tibet_War" title="Qinghai–Tibet War">Tibet invaded Qinghai</a>, attempting to capture southern parts of Qinghai province, following contention in <a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu</a>, Qinghai, over a monastery in 1932. The army of Ma Bufang defeated the Tibetan armies. Governor of Qinghai <a href="/wiki/Ma_Bufang" title="Ma Bufang">Ma Bufang</a> was described as a <a href="/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ideology of the Communist Party of China">socialist</a> by American journalist <a href="/wiki/John_Roderick_(correspondent)" title="John Roderick (correspondent)">John Roderick</a> and friendly compared to the other Ma Clique warlords.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ma Bufang was reported to be good humoured and jovial in contrast to the brutal reign of <a href="/wiki/Ma_Hongkui" title="Ma Hongkui">Ma Hongkui</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of eastern China was ravaged by the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, by contrast, Qinghai was relatively untouched. </p><p>Ma Bufang increased the prominence of the Hui and <a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salar people</a> in Qinghai's politics by heavily recruiting to his army from the counties in which those ethnic groups predominated.<sup id="cite_ref-Goodman_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General Ma started a state run and controlled industrialization project, directly creating educational, medical, agricultural, and sanitation projects, run or assisted by the state. The state provided money for food and uniforms in all schools, state run or private. Roads and a theater were constructed. The state controlled all the press, no freedom was allowed for independent journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Revolution_(1949)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Revolution (1949)">1949 Chinese revolution</a> approached Qinghai, Ma Bufang abandoned his post and flew to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, traveling abroad but never returning to China. On January 1, 1950, the Qinghai Province People's Government was declared, owing its allegiance to the new <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>. Aside from some minor adjustments to suit the geography, the PRC maintained the province's territorial integrity.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Resistance to Communist rule continued in the form of the Huis' <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang_Islamic_insurgency_in_China_(1950%E2%80%9358)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China (1950–58)">Kuomintang Islamic insurgency (1950–58)</a>, spreading past traditionally Hui areas to the ethnic-Tibetan south.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooke_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooke-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 408">: 408 </span></sup> Although the Hui composed 15.6% of Qinghai's population in 1949, making the province the second-largest concentration of Hui after <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, the state denied the Hui ethnic autonomous townships and counties that their numbers warranted under Chinese law until the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooke_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooke-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 411">: 411 </span></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khoshut_Khanate.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The Khoshut Khanate (1642–1717) based in the Tibetan Plateau"><img alt="The Khoshut Khanate (1642–1717) based in the Tibetan Plateau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Khoshut_Khanate.png/200px-Khoshut_Khanate.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Khoshut_Khanate.png/300px-Khoshut_Khanate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Khoshut_Khanate.png 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="183" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Khoshut_Khanate" title="Khoshut Khanate">Khoshut Khanate</a> (1642–1717) based in the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Chiang Kai-shek, leader of Nationalist China (right), meets with the Muslim generals Ma Bufang (second from left), and Ma Buqing (first from left) in Xining, Qinghai, in August 1942"><img alt="Chiang Kai-shek, leader of Nationalist China (right), meets with the Muslim generals Ma Bufang (second from left), and Ma Buqing (first from left) in Xining, Qinghai, in August 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png/143px-Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png" decoding="async" width="143" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png/215px-Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png/286px-Chiang_Kai-shek_on_right_Ma_Buqing_on_left_Ma_Bufang_second_from_left.png 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="683" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a>, leader of <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="History of the Republic of China">Nationalist China</a> (right), meets with the Muslim generals <a href="/wiki/Ma_Bufang" title="Ma Bufang">Ma Bufang</a> (second from left), and <a href="/wiki/Ma_Buqing" title="Ma Buqing">Ma Buqing</a> (first from left) in <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>, Qinghai, in August 1942</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Qinghai is located on the northeastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a>. By area, it is the largest province in the People's Republic of China (excluding the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China">autonomous regions</a>). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> originates in the southern part of the province, while the <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River">Yangtze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mekong" title="Mekong">Mekong</a> have their sources in the southwestern part. Qinghai is separated by the <a href="/wiki/Riyue_Mountain" title="Riyue Mountain">Riyue Mountain</a> into pastoral and agricultural zones in the west and east.<sup id="cite_ref-Cao_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cao-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sanjiangyuan_National_Nature_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve">Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve</a> is located in Qinghai and contains the headwaters of the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River">Yangtze River</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mekong_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mekong River">Mekong River</a>. The reserve was established to protect the headwaters of these three rivers and consists of 18 subareas, each containing three zones which are managed with differing degrees of strictness. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a> is the largest salt water lake in China, and the second largest in the world. Other large lakes are <a href="/wiki/Lake_Hala" title="Lake Hala">Lake Hala</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Qilian_Mountains" title="Qilian Mountains">Qilian mountains</a>, lakes <a href="/wiki/Gyaring_Lake" title="Gyaring Lake">Gyaring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ngoring_Lake" title="Ngoring Lake">Ngoring</a> in the headwater region of the Yellow River, <a href="/wiki/Donggi_Cona" title="Donggi Cona">Lake Donggi Cona</a>, and many saline and <a href="/wiki/Salt_lake" title="Salt lake">salt lakes</a> in the western part of the province. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Qaidam" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaidam">Qaidam basin</a> lies in the northwest part of the province at an altitude between 3000 and 5000 meters above sea level. About a third of this resource rich basin is desert. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nyenpo Yurtse, Jigzhi County, Qinghai"><img alt="Nyenpo Yurtse, Jigzhi County, Qinghai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg/200px-Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg/300px-Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg/400px-Nianbaoyuze_Geopark_2015.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3147" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nyenpo Yurtse, <a href="/wiki/Jigzhi_County" title="Jigzhi County">Jigzhi County</a>, Qinghai</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger@%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Riyue Mountain in Qinghai"><img alt="Riyue Mountain in Qinghai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg/200px-%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg/300px-%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg/400px-%E9%9D%92%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%88%E5%B1%B1_-_panoramio_-_Tiger%40%E8%A5%BF%E5%8C%97_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1584" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Riyue_Mountain" title="Riyue Mountain">Riyue Mountain</a> in Qinghai</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-One_source plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-one_source" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>relies largely or entirely on a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_a_single_source" title="Wikipedia:Articles with a single source">single source</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Qinghai" title="Talk:Qinghai">talk page</a>. Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">introducing citations to additional sources</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Qinghai%22">"Qinghai"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Qinghai%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Qinghai%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Qinghai%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Qinghai%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Qinghai%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Köppen–Geiger climate classification map at 1-km resolution for Qinghai (China) for 1991–2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/385px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="385" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/578px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/770px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_CHN_Qinghai_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1709" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The average elevation of Qinghai is approximately 3000 m.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mountain ranges include the <a href="/wiki/Tanggula_Mountains" title="Tanggula Mountains">Tanggula Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kunlun_Mountains" title="Kunlun Mountains">Kunlun Mountains</a>, with the highest point being <a href="/wiki/Bukadaban_Feng" title="Bukadaban Feng">Bukadaban Feng</a> at 6860 m.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the high altitude, Qinghai has quite cold winters (harsh in the highest elevations), mild summers, and a large <a href="/wiki/Diurnal_temperature_variation" title="Diurnal temperature variation">diurnal temperature variation</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Its mean annual temperature is approximately −5 to 8 °C (23 to 46 °F), with January temperatures ranging from −18 to −7 °C (0 to 19 °F) and July temperatures ranging from 15 to 21 °C (59 to 70 °F).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It is also prone to heavy winds as well as <a href="/wiki/Dust_storm" title="Dust storm">sandstorms</a> from February to April. Significant rainfall occurs mainly in summer, while precipitation is very low in winter and spring, and is generally low enough to keep much of the province <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-arid">semi-arid</a> or <a href="/wiki/Arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid">arid</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Qinghai" title="Politics of Qinghai">Politics of Qinghai</a></div> <p>The Politics of Qinghai Province in the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> are structured in a one party-government system like all other governing institutions in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Qinghai" title="Governor of Qinghai">Governor of Qinghai</a> is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Qinghai. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Qinghai <a href="/wiki/Party_Secretary_of_Qinghai" title="Party Secretary of Qinghai">Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Qinghai" title="List of administrative divisions of Qinghai">List of administrative divisions of Qinghai</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_township-level_divisions_of_Qinghai" title="List of township-level divisions of Qinghai">List of township-level divisions of Qinghai</a>.</div> <p>Because the Han form Qinghai's ethnic majority<sup id="cite_ref-Cao_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cao-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and because none of its many ethnic minorities have clear dominance over the rest, the province is not administered as an autonomous region. Instead, the province has many ethnic autonomous areas at the district and county levels.<sup id="cite_ref-Goodman_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Qinghai is administratively divided into eight <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China#Prefectural_level" title="Administrative divisions of China">prefecture-level divisions</a>: two <a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_city" title="Prefecture-level city">prefecture-level cities</a> and six <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_prefecture" title="Autonomous prefecture">autonomous prefectures</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:smaller; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><b>Administrative divisions of Qinghai</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="font-size:larger"><div style="position: relative" class="center"> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 725px; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg/725px-Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="725" height="500" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg/1088px-Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg/1450px-Administrative_Division_Qinghai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:614px; top:167px"><b><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:664px; top:189.5px"><b><a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:554px; top:97px"><b><a href="/wiki/Haibei_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haibei<br />Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:619px; top:262px"><b><a href="/wiki/Huangnan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Huangnan<br />Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:556.5px; top:212px"><b><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Hainan<br />Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:494px; top:332px"><b><a href="/wiki/Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Guoluo (Golog)<br />Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:249px; top:332px"><b><a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu<br />Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:254px; top:137px"><b><a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi<br />Mongol and Tibetan AP</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:69px; top:347px"><b><a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">(Haixi)</a></b></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_division_codes_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China">Division code</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Division </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Area in km<sup>2</sup><sup id="cite_ref-nj2013_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nj2013-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Population 2010<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Seat </th> <th scope="col" colspan="4">Divisions<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" width="45"><a href="/wiki/District_(China)" title="District (China)">Districts</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="45"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of China">Counties</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="45"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">Aut. counties</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="45"><a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">CL cities</a> </th></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold"> <th>630000</th> <th>Qinghai Province </th> <td>720,000.00</td> <td>5,626,723</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a> city</td> <td>7</td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>630100</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a> city </th> <td>7,424.11</td> <td>2,208,708</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengzhong_District,_Xining" class="mw-redirect" title="Chengzhong District, Xining">Chengzhong District</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>630200</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a> city </th> <td>13,043.99</td> <td>1,396,845</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ledu_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ledu District">Ledu District</a></td> <td>2</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>4</td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>632200</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Haibei_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>33,349.99</td> <td>273,304</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiyan_County,_Qinghai" title="Haiyan County, Qinghai">Haiyan County</a></td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>632300</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Huangnan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>17,908.89</td> <td>256,716</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongren,_Qinghai" title="Tongren, Qinghai">Tongren</a> city</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>632500</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>43,377.11</td> <td>441,691</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gonghe_County" title="Gonghe County">Gonghe County</a></td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>5</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>632600</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>76,442.38</td> <td>181,682</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maq%C3%AAn_County" title="Maqên County">Maqên County</a></td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>6</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>632700</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>197,953.70</td> <td>378,439</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai" title="Yushu City, Qinghai">Yushu</a> city</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>5</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>632800</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a> </th> <td>300,854.48</td> <td>489,338</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delingha" title="Delingha">Delingha</a> city</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>3</td> <td bgcolor="grey"></td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-font:90%; width:auto; text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations </th></tr> <tr> <th>English</th> <th>Chinese</th> <th>Pinyin </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Qinghai Province</b></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">青海省</span></span></td> <td><b>Qīnghǎi Shěng</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a> city</td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">西宁市</span></span></td> <td>Xīníng Shì </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a> city</td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海东市</span></span></td> <td>Hǎidōng Shì </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haibei_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海北藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Huangnan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">黄南藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海南藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">果洛藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">玉树藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a></td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">海西蒙古族藏族自治州</span></span></td> <td>Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The eight <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China#Prefecture_level" title="Administrative divisions of China">prefecture-level divisions</a> of Qinghai are subdivided into 44 <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China#County_level" title="Administrative divisions of China">county-level divisions</a> (6 <a href="/wiki/District_(China)" title="District (China)">districts</a>, 4 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county-level cities</a>, 27 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of China">counties</a> and 7 <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">autonomous counties</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_areas">Urban areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Urban areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities </th></tr> <tr> <th>#</th> <th>Cities</th> <th style="background-color: #aaaaff;">2020 Urban area<sup id="cite_ref-2020PRCcensus_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020PRCcensus-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th style="background-color: #aaaaff;">2010 Urban area<sup id="cite_ref-2010PRCcensus_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010PRCcensus-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th style="background-color: #ffaaaa;">2020 City proper </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a></b></td> <td>1,677,177</td> <td>1,153,417</td> <td>2,467,965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a></td> <td>204,784</td> <td bgcolor="lightgrey"><sup id="cite_ref-Haidong_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haidong-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1,358,471 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golmud" title="Golmud">Golmud</a></td> <td>197,153</td> <td>156,779</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>part of <a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi Prefecture</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai" title="Yushu City, Qinghai">Yushu</a></td> <td>85,497</td> <td bgcolor="lightgrey"><sup id="cite_ref-Yushu_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yushu-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>part of <a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu Prefecture</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delingha" title="Delingha">Delingha</a></td> <td>65,424</td> <td>54,844</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>part of <a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi Prefecture</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightyellow"> <td>(6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongren,_Qinghai" title="Tongren, Qinghai">Tongren</a></td> <td>49,962<sup id="cite_ref-Tongren_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tongren-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td bgcolor="lightgrey"></td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>part of <a href="/wiki/Huangnan_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Huangnan Prefecture</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangnai" title="Mangnai">Mangnai</a></td> <td>18,856</td> <td bgcolor="lightgrey"><sup id="cite_ref-Mangnai_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mangnai-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>part of <a href="/wiki/Haixi_Mongol_and_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Haixi Prefecture</a></i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">ching-<span style="font-size:90%">HY</span></i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">青海</span>, <small>IPA:</small> <span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[tɕʰíŋ.xàɪ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/1\/14\/Zh-Qinghai.ogg\/Zh-Qinghai.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Zh-Qinghai.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Zh-Qinghai.ogg/Zh-Qinghai.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" 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currently known as <a href="/wiki/Ledu_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ledu District">Ledu</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ping%27an_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ping'an District">Ping'an</a> (core districts of Haidong) after 2010 census.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Yushu-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Yushu_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yushu County is currently known as Yushu CLC after 2010 census.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tongren-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Tongren_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tongren County is currently known as Tongren CLC after 2020 census.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mangnai-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mangnai_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mangnai Administrative Zone & Lenghu Administrative Zone County is currently known as Mangnai CLC after 2010 census.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1912<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">368,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1928<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">619,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+68.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936–37<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,196,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+93.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1947<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,308,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1954<sup id="cite_ref-census1954_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1954-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,676,534</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+28.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1964<sup id="cite_ref-census1964_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1964-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,145,604</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+28.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1982<sup id="cite_ref-census1982_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1982-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,895,706</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+81.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990<sup id="cite_ref-census1990_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1990-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,456,946</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000<sup id="cite_ref-census2000_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2000-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,822,963</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2010<sup id="cite_ref-census2010_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2010-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">5,626,722</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+16.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,923,957</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.3%</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are over 37 recognized ethnic groups among Qinghai's population of 5.6 million, with <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> population standing at 50.5% of the total population and <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China" title="Ethnic minorities in China">national minorities</a> making up 49.5% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> population stood at 20.7%, <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> 16%, <a href="/wiki/Monguor_people" title="Monguor people">Tu</a> (Monguor) 4%, with also some groups of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Mongols" title="Upper Mongols">Mongol</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Salar_people" title="Salar people">Salar</a>, all of those groups being the most populous in the province. <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a> predominate in the cities of <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haidong" title="Haidong">Haidong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delingha" title="Delingha">Delingha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golmud" title="Golmud">Golmud</a>, and elsewhere in the northeast. The Hui are concentrated in Xining, Haidong, <a href="/wiki/Minhe_Hui_and_Tu_Autonomous_County" title="Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County">Minhe County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hualong_Hui_Autonomous_County" title="Hualong Hui Autonomous County">Hualong County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Datong_Hui_and_Tu_Autonomous_County" title="Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County">Datong County</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Tu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tu people">Tu people</a> predominate in <a href="/wiki/Huzhu_Tu_Autonomous_County" title="Huzhu Tu Autonomous County">Huzhu County</a> and the Salars in <a href="/wiki/Xunhua_Salar_Autonomous_County" title="Xunhua Salar Autonomous County">Xunhua County</a>; Tibetans and Mongols are sparsely distributed across the rural western part of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Goodman_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the Muslim ethnic groups in China, Qinghai has communities of Hui, Salar, <a href="/wiki/Dongxiang_people" title="Dongxiang people">Dongxiang</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bao%27an_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bao'an people">Bao'an</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Betta_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betta-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hui dominate the wholesale business in Qinghai.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1279587269">.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:none;position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50%;background-color:yellowgreen;color:black;border:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie div{position:absolute;transform-origin:left bottom;background-color:#655;color:black;top:0;left:50%;width:50%;height:50%;border-radius:0 500%0 0}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie50{transform-origin:left center;height:100%;border-radius:0 100%100%0/50%}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie12-5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,100%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,32.49197%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie7{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,47.056428%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie1{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,6.2914667%0%,0 100%)}@supports(clip-path:circle(50%)){.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:block}}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend{list-style-type:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.5em;margin:0;margin-bottom:0.1em}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>span{display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>.l-color{border:1px solid var(--color-base,black);width:.8em;height:.8em;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-container{padding:.5em;padding-bottom:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-caption{margin-bottom:1em;font-size:94%}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{flex-direction:column-reverse}@media screen and (min-width:641px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{width:min-content}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{break-inside:avoid-page}}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-container{align-items:center}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend-container{font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--color-subtle,#54595d)}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(190px,1fr));gap:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-footer{margin-top:.5em}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style=""> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Religion in Qinghai (2000s)</div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DeepPink;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">Chinese folk religions</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bon" title="Bon">Bön</a> and non-religious population (81.73%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-2010-Islam_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-Islam-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (17.51%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DodgerBlue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a><sup id="cite_ref-Wang2015_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang2015-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.76%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:DodgerBlue;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Christianity'"`UNIQ--ref-00000076-QINU`"' (0.76%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie50" style="background:DeepPink;color:#000" title="Buddhism, Chinese folk religions (including Taoism), Bön and non-religious population (81.73%)"></div> <div class="pie50" style="background:DeepPink;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.317turn)" title="Buddhism, Chinese folk religions (including Taoism), Bön and non-religious population (81.73%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.817turn)" title="Islam'"`UNIQ--ref-00000075-QINU`"' (17.51%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.867turn)" title="Islam'"`UNIQ--ref-00000075-QINU`"' (17.51%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dongguan_mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Dongguan_mosque.jpg/200px-Dongguan_mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Dongguan_mosque.jpg/300px-Dongguan_mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Dongguan_mosque.jpg/400px-Dongguan_mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="670" data-file-height="447" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Dongguan_Mosque" title="Dongguan Mosque">Dongguan Mosque</a> in Qinghai</figcaption></figure> <p>The predominant religions in Qinghai are <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">Chinese folk religions</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoist traditions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Buddhism" title="Chinese Buddhism">Chinese Buddhism</a> among the <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a>. The large <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> population practices <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan schools of Buddhism</a> or traditional Tibetan Bön religion, while the <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui Chinese</a> practice <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the religion of 0.76% of the province's population according to the Chinese General Social Survey of 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang2015_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang2015-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a survey of 2010, 17.51% of the population of Qinghai follow Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-2010-Islam_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-Islam-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From September 1848, the city was the seat of a short-lived Latin Catholic <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate">Apostolic Vicariate</a> (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) of Kokonur (alias Khouhkou-noor, Kokonoor), but it was suppressed in 1861. No incumbent(s) recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Taoist temple dedicated to Jiutian Xuannü on Mount Fenghuang, in Lunmalong village, Duoba, Xining"><img alt="A Taoist temple dedicated to Jiutian Xuannü on Mount Fenghuang, in Lunmalong village, Duoba, Xining" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg/272px-Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg/408px-Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg/544px-Qinghai.fenghuangshan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4940" data-file-height="3272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Taoist_temple" title="Taoist temple">Taoist temple</a> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Jiutian_Xuann%C3%BC" title="Jiutian Xuannü">Jiutian Xuannü</a> on Mount Fenghuang, in Lunmalong village, Duoba, <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Buddhist temple on Riyue Mountain, in Huangyuan County, Xining"><img alt="A Buddhist temple on Riyue Mountain, in Huangyuan County, Xining" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg/272px-Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg/408px-Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg/544px-Qinghai.Riyue_shan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4940" data-file-height="3272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Buddhist temple on <a href="/wiki/Riyue_Mountain" title="Riyue Mountain">Riyue Mountain</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Huangyuan_County" title="Huangyuan County">Huangyuan County</a>, Xining</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosques and Chinese folk temples characterising the skyline of Huangyuan County"><img alt="Mosques and Chinese folk temples characterising the skyline of Huangyuan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg/272px-Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg/408px-Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg/544px-Qinghai.Huangyuan_xian_mosques.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4940" data-file-height="3272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">Mosques</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese temple">Chinese folk temples</a> characterising the skyline of Huangyuan County</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rebkong_monastery.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Rongwo Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Tongren County"><img alt="Rongwo Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Tongren County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rebkong_monastery.JPG/240px-Rebkong_monastery.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rebkong_monastery.JPG/360px-Rebkong_monastery.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rebkong_monastery.JPG/480px-Rebkong_monastery.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rongwo_Monastery" title="Rongwo Monastery">Rongwo</a> Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in <a href="/wiki/Tongren_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongren County">Tongren County</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 108.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 106.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Great Mosque of Duoba, Xining"><img alt="Great Mosque of Duoba, Xining" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg/160px-Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg/239px-Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg/319px-Qinghai.Duoba_great_mosquee.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2533" data-file-height="2857" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Great Mosque of Duoba, Xining</div> </li> </ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Qinghai has been influenced by interactions "between Mongol and Tibetan culture, north to south, and Han Chinese and Inner Asia Muslim culture, east to west".<sup id="cite_ref-Goodman_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The languages of Qinghai have for centuries formed a <a href="/wiki/Sprachbund" title="Sprachbund">Sprachbund</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Zhongyuan_Mandarin" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhongyuan Mandarin">Zhongyuan Mandarin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amdo_Tibetan_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Amdo Tibetan language">Amdo Tibetan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salar_language" title="Salar language">Salar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Yugur_language" title="Western Yugur language">Yugur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Monguor_language" title="Monguor language">Monguor</a> borrowing from and influencing one another.<sup id="cite_ref-Janhunen_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Janhunen-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mainstream <a href="/wiki/Chinese_culture" title="Chinese culture">Chinese culture</a>, Qinghai is most associated with the <i><a href="/wiki/Tale_of_King_Mu,_Son_of_Heaven" title="Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven">Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> According to this legend, <a href="/wiki/King_Mu_of_Zhou" title="King Mu of Zhou">King Mu of Zhou</a> (r. 976–922 BCE) pursued hostile <a href="/wiki/Quanrong" title="Quanrong">Quanrong</a> nomads to eastern Qinghai, where the goddess <a href="/wiki/Xi_Wangmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Xi Wangmu">Xi Wangmu</a> threw the king a banquet in the <a href="/wiki/Kunlun_Mountains" title="Kunlun Mountains">Kunlun Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main religions in Qinghai are <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Folk_Religions" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Folk Religions">Chinese Folk Religions</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Dongguan_Mosque" title="Dongguan Mosque">Dongguan Mosque</a> has been continuously operating since 1380.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooke_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooke-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 402">: 402 </span></sup> Measures of education in Qinghai are low, particularly among the ethnic minorities.<sup id="cite_ref-Goodman_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goodman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Yak" title="Yak">yak</a>, which is native to Qinghai, is widely used in the province for transportation and its meat.<sup id="cite_ref-Cao_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cao-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mongols of Qinghai celebrate the <a href="/wiki/Naadam" title="Naadam">Naadam</a> festival on the <a href="/wiki/Qaidam_Basin" title="Qaidam Basin">Qaidam Basin</a> every year.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg/220px-Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg/330px-Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg/440px-Oil_well_in_Tsaidam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="753" /></a><figcaption>Oil well in <a href="/wiki/Tsaidam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsaidam">Tsaidam</a> (Qaidam), Qinghai</figcaption></figure> <p>Qinghai's economy is amongst the smallest in China. Its <a href="/wiki/Nominal_GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="Nominal GDP">nominal GDP</a> in 2022 was just RMB 361 billion (US$50 billion) and contributes to about 0.30% of the entire country's economy. Per capita GDP was RMB 60,724 (US$9,028) (nominal), the 24th in China.<sup id="cite_ref-data2022_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data2022-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its heavy industry includes iron and steel production, located near its capital city of Xining. Oil and natural gas from the <a href="/wiki/Qaidam_Basin" title="Qaidam Basin">Qaidam Basin</a> have also been an important contributor to the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-thechinaperspective.com_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thechinaperspective.com-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Salt works operate at many of the province's numerous salt lakes. </p><p>Outside of the provincial capital, Xining, most of Qinghai remains underdeveloped. Qinghai ranks second lowest in China in terms of highway length, and will require a significant expansion of its infrastructure to capitalize on the economic potential of its rich natural resources.<sup id="cite_ref-thechinaperspective.com_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thechinaperspective.com-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_and_technological_development_zone">Economic and technological development zone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economic and technological development zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a> Economic & Technological Development Zone (XETDZ) was approved as state-level development zone in July 2000. It has a planned area of 4.4 km<sup>2</sup>. XETDZ lies in the east of Xining, 5 km from the city centre. Xining is located in the east of the province at the upper reaches of the <a href="/wiki/Huangshui_River" title="Huangshui River">Huangshui River</a>, one of the Yellow River's branches. The city is surrounded by mountains with an average elevation of 2261 m, the highest at 4393 m. XETDZ is the first of its kind at the national level on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is established to fulfill the nation's strategy of developing the west. </p><p>XETDZ enjoys a convenient transportation system, connected by the Xining-Lanzhou expressway and running through by two main roads, the broadest in the city. It is 4 km from the railway station, 15 km from Xi'ning Airport—a grade 4D airport with 14 airlines to cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xi'an. Xining is Qinghai province's passage to the outside world, a transportation hub with more than ten highways, over 100 roads and two railways, Lanzhou-Qinghai and Qinghai-Tibet Railways in and out of the city. </p><p>It focuses on the development of following industries: chemicals based on salt lake resources, nonferrous metals, and petroleum and natural gas processing; special medicine, foods and bio-chemicals using local plateau animals and plants; new products involving ecological and environmental protection, high technology, new materials as well as information technology; and services such as logistics, banking, real estate, tourism, hotel, catering, agency and international trade.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qinghailakeerlangjian.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Qinghailakeerlangjian.png/250px-Qinghailakeerlangjian.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Qinghailakeerlangjian.png/330px-Qinghailakeerlangjian.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Qinghailakeerlangjian.png/500px-Qinghailakeerlangjian.png 2x" data-file-width="2483" data-file-height="1429" /></a><figcaption>View of the <a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are many tourist attractions center on <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>, the provincial seat of Qinghai. </p><p>During the hot summer months, many tourists from the hot southern and eastern parts of China travel to Xining, as the climate of Xining in July and August is quite mild and comfortable, making the city an ideal summer retreat. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Lake" title="Qinghai Lake">Qinghai Lake</a> (<span lang="zh">青海湖</span>; <i><span lang="zh-Latn">qīnghǎi hú</span></i>) is another tourist attraction, albeit further from Xining than <a href="/wiki/Kumbum_Monastery" title="Kumbum Monastery">Kumbum Monastery</a> (Ta'er Si). The lake is the largest saltwater lake in China, and is also located on the "Roof of the World", the Tibetan Plateau. The lake itself lies at 3,600 m elevation. The surrounding area is made up of rolling <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grasslands</a> and populated by ethnic Tibetans. Most pre-arranged tours stop at Bird Island (<span lang="zh">鸟岛</span>; <i><span lang="zh-Latn">niǎo dǎo</span></i>). An international bicycle race takes place annually from Xining to Qinghai Lake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport in the People's Republic of China">Transport in the People's Republic of China</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qingzangxian,China_National_Highway_109,qinghai,china.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG/220px-Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG/330px-Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG/440px-Qingzangxian%2CChina_National_Highway_109%2Cqinghai%2Cchina.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/China_National_Highway_109" title="China National Highway 109">China National Highway 109</a> in Qinghai</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lanqing_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanqing Railway">Lanqing Railway</a>, running between <a href="/wiki/Lanzhou" title="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xining" title="Xining">Xining</a>, the province's capital, was completed in 1959 and is the major transportation route in and out of the province. A continuation of the line, the <a href="/wiki/Qinghai-Tibet_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Qinghai-Tibet Railway">Qinghai-Tibet Railway</a> via <a href="/wiki/Golmud" title="Golmud">Golmud</a> and western Qinghai, has become one of the most ambitious projects in PRC history. It was completed in October 2005 and now links Tibet with the rest of China through Qinghai. </p><p>Construction on the <a href="/wiki/Golmud%E2%80%93Dunhuang_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Golmud–Dunhuang Railway">Golmud–Dunhuang Railway</a>, in the province's northwestern part, started in 2012. </p><p>Six <a href="/wiki/China_National_Highways" class="mw-redirect" title="China National Highways">National Highways</a> run through the province. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Xining_Caojiabao_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Xining Caojiabao International Airport">Xining Caojiabao International Airport</a> provides service to <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanzhou" title="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golmud" title="Golmud">Golmud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delingha" title="Delingha">Delingha</a>. Smaller regional airports, <a href="/wiki/Delingha_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Delingha Airport">Delingha Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golog_Maqin_Airport" title="Golog Maqin Airport">Golog Maqin Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huatugou_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Huatugou Airport">Huatugou Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qilian_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Qilian Airport">Qilian Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yushu_Batang_Airport" title="Yushu Batang Airport">Yushu Batang Airport</a>, serve the province's smaller communities; plans exist for the construction of three more by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Telecommunications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_industry_in_China" title="Telecommunications industry in China">Telecommunications industry in China</a></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Industry_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Industry and Information Technology">Ministry of Industry and Information Technology</a> began its "Access to Telephones Project", Qinghai has invested 640 million yuan to provide <a href="/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone">telephone</a> access to 3,860 out of its 4,133 administrative villages. At the end of 2006, 299 towns had received <a href="/wiki/Internet_access" title="Internet access">Internet access</a>. However, 6.6 percent of villages in the region still have no access to the telephone. These villages are mainly scattered in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Qingnan,_Qinghai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qingnan, Qinghai (page does not exist)">Qingnan</a> Area, with 90 percent of them located in <a href="/wiki/Yushu_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Yushu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golog_Tibetan_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture">Guoluo</a>. The average altitude of these areas exceeds 3600 meters, and the poor natural conditions hamper the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a> facilities in the region. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Satellite_phone" title="Satellite phone">Satellite phones</a> have been provided to 186 remote villages in Qinghai Province as of September 14, 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The areas benefited were Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Qinghai has recently been provided with satellite telephone access. In June 2007, <a href="/wiki/China_Satcom" class="mw-redirect" title="China Satcom">China Satcom</a> carried out an in-depth survey in Yushu and Guoluo, and made a special satellite phones for these areas. Two phones were provided to each village for free, and calls were charged at the rate of 0.2 RMB (about a quarter of a US cent at that time) per minute for both local and national calls, with the extra charges assumed by China Satcom. No monthly rent was charged on the satellite phone. International calls were also available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Qinghai" title="List of universities and colleges in Qinghai">List of universities and colleges in Qinghai</a>.</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_University" title="Qinghai University">Qinghai University</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">青海大学</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Normal_University" title="Qinghai Normal University">Qinghai Normal University</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">青海师范大学</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_University_for_Nationalities" title="Qinghai University for Nationalities">Qinghai University for Nationalities</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">青海民族大学</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qinghai_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Qinghai Medical College">Qinghai Medical College</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">青海医学院</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai_Radio_%26_Television_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qinghai Radio & Television University (page does not exist)">Qinghai Radio & Television University</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">青海广播电视大学</span></span>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Yushu_earthquake" title="2010 Yushu earthquake">2010 Yushu earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amdo" title="Amdo">Amdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geladandong" class="mw-redirect" title="Geladandong">Geladandong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haplogroup_D-M15_(Y-DNA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haplogroup D-M15 (Y-DNA)">Haplogroup D-M15 (Y-DNA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haplogroup_O3_(Y-DNA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA)">Haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iris_qinghainica" title="Iris qinghainica">Iris qinghainica</a></i> (native plant of Qinghai)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_national_historical_and_cultural_sites_(Qinghai)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major national historical and cultural sites (Qinghai)">Major national historical and cultural sites in Qinghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tectonic_summary_of_Qinghai" title="Tectonic summary of Qinghai">Tectonic summary of Qinghai</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinghai&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Beijing: <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="zh:中国统计出版社">China Statistics Print</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-7-5037-6659-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-7-5037-6659-6"><bdi>978-7-5037-6659-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD2010%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E5%88%86%E5%8E%BF%E8%B5%84%E6%96%99&rft.place=Beijing&rft.pub=China+Statistics+Print&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-7-5037-6659-6&rft.au=%E5%9B%BD%E5%8A%A1%E9%99%A2%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E5%8A%9E%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%A4%E3%80%81%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%B1%80%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E5%92%8C%E7%A4%BE%E4%BC%9A%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%8F%B8%E7%BC%96&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo2.html"><bdi lang="ja">1912年中国人口</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1912%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ier.hit-u.ac.jp%2FCOE%2FJapanese%2Fdiscussionpapers%2FDP97.9%2Ffhyo2.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo3.htm"><bdi lang="ja">1928年中国人口</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1928%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ier.hit-u.ac.jp%2FCOE%2FJapanese%2Fdiscussionpapers%2FDP97.9%2Ffhyo3.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo4.htm"><bdi lang="ja">1936–37年中国人口</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1936%E2%80%9337%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ier.hit-u.ac.jp%2FCOE%2FJapanese%2Fdiscussionpapers%2FDP97.9%2Ffhyo4.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo5.htm"><bdi lang="ja">1947年全国人口</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1947%E5%B9%B4%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ier.hit-u.ac.jp%2FCOE%2FJapanese%2Fdiscussionpapers%2FDP97.9%2Ffhyo5.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1954-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1954_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174810/http://www.stats.gov.cn/TJGB/RKPCGB/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16767.htm"><bdi lang="zh">中华人民共和国国家统计局关于第一次全国人口调查登记结果的公报</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">National Bureau of Statistics of China</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16767.htm">the original</a> on August 5, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%B1%80%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E8%B0%83%E6%9F%A5%E7%99%BB%E8%AE%B0%E7%BB%93%E6%9E%9C%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E6%8A%A5&rft.pub=National+Bureau+of+Statistics+of+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stats.gov.cn%2Ftjgb%2Frkpcgb%2Fqgrkpcgb%2Ft20020404_16767.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1964-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1964_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120914173158/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16768.htm"><bdi lang="zh">第二次全国人口普查结果的几项主要统计数字</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">National Bureau of Statistics of China</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16768.htm">the original</a> on September 14, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E6%AC%A1%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E7%BB%93%E6%9E%9C%E7%9A%84%E5%87%A0%E9%A1%B9%E4%B8%BB%E8%A6%81%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97&rft.pub=National+Bureau+of+Statistics+of+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stats.gov.cn%2Ftjgb%2Frkpcgb%2Fqgrkpcgb%2Ft20020404_16768.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1982-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1982_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075429/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm"><bdi lang="zh">中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九八二年人口普查主要数字的公报</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">National Bureau of Statistics of China</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm">the original</a> on May 10, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%B1%80%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%AB%E4%BA%8C%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E4%B8%BB%E8%A6%81%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E6%8A%A5&rft.pub=National+Bureau+of+Statistics+of+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stats.gov.cn%2Ftjgb%2Frkpcgb%2Fqgrkpcgb%2Ft20020404_16769.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census1990-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census1990_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120619002216/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm"><bdi lang="zh">中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九九〇年人口普查主要数据的公报</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">National Bureau of Statistics of China</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm">the original</a> on June 19, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E5%B1%80%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D%E4%B9%9D%E3%80%87%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E4%B8%BB%E8%A6%81%E6%95%B0%E6%8D%AE%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E6%8A%A5&rft.pub=National+Bureau+of+Statistics+of+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stats.gov.cn%2Ftjgb%2Frkpcgb%2Fqgrkpcgb%2Ft20020404_16772.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQinghai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census2000-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census2000_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120829052024/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm"><bdi lang="zh">现将2000年第五次全国人口普查快速汇总的人口地区分布数据公布如下</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China" title="National Bureau of Statistics of China">National Bureau of Statistics of China</a>. 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