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Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་བཡྣང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 km² and its capital is Haiyan county. The placename literally means "north of the Qinghai Lake."
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km².
Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 94,841 | 36.63% |
| Hui | 79.190 | 30,58% |
| Tibetan | 62.520 | 24,15% |
| Mongol | 13.087 | 5,05% |
| Tu | 7.806 | 3,01% |
| Salar | 901 | 0,35% |
| Others | 577 | 0,23% |
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1autonomous county:
- Haiyan county (海晏县)
- Qilian county (祁连县)
- Gangca county (刚察县)
- Menyuan Hui Autonomous County (门源回族自治县)
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2004. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
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