Administrative Divisions
Because the Han form Qinghai's ethnic majority, 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. Qinghai is administratively divided into one prefecture-level city, one prefecture, and six autonomous prefectures:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 3 | Xining | Chengzhong District | 西宁市 Xīníng Shì |
2,208,708 | |
| — Prefecture — | |||||
| 4 | Haidong | Ping'an County | 海东地区 Hǎidōng Dìqū |
1,396,846 | |
| — Autonomous prefecture — | |||||
| 1 | Haixi (for Mongol & Tibetan) |
Delhi | 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
489,338 | |
| 2 | Haibei (for Tibetan) |
Haiyan County | 海北藏族自治州 Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
273,304 | |
| 5 | Hainan (for Tibetan) |
Gonghe County | 海南藏族自治州 Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
441,689 | |
| 6 | Huangnan (for Tibetan) |
Tongren County | 黄南藏族自治州 Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
256,716 | |
| 7 | Yushu (for Tibetan) |
Yushu County | 玉树藏族自治州 Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
378,439 | |
| 8 | Golog (for Tibetan) |
Maqên County | 果洛藏族自治州 Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
181,682 | |
All of these are in turn divided into four districts, two county-level cities, thirty counties, and seven autonomous counties.
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