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Qinghai

Qinghai (Chinese: 青海 Hanyu Pinyin: Qīnghǎi, Wade-Giles: Ch'ing-hai, Postal pinyin: Tsinghai) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after the enormous Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor).

青海省
Qīnghǎi Shěng
Province Abbreviation(s): 青 (Qīng)
Capital Xining
Area
 - Total
 - % water
Ranked 4th
720,000 km²
xx%
Population
 - Total (Year)
 - Density
Ranked 31st
5,180,000
7.2/km²
Administration Type Province
GovernorZhao Leji

History

Qinghai was historically part of the Amdo province of Tibet. In 1928 it became a province of the then Republic of China.

Geography

Qinghai is located on the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau. The Yellow River originates in the middle of the province, while the Yangtze and Mekong have their sources in the southern part.

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Transport

See Transportation in China.

Tourism

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Bright Sheng
Page contains basic information about the province.
http://www.schirmer.com/silkroad/sheng/qinghai.html

Columbia Encyclopedia - Qinghai
Basic information about the province.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/qi/Qinghai.html

Counties of Qinghai Province
Lists counties of the province in English, Chinese and Tibetan.
http://www.tibetinfo.net/tibet-file/qinghai.htm

Laogai Handbook - Qinghai Province
Lists former and current prisons and labor camps in the province.
http://www.laogai.org/hdbook/qinghai.htm

Meteorological Information
Climate, wind trajectory and other information provided by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/flask/qpc.html

Qinghai
Page containing basic information about the province.
http://www.friends-partners.org/~china/tour/qh.html

Qinghai
Geography, industry, natural resources, and other basic information about the province.
http://www.china.org.cn/e-xibu/2JI/3JI/qinghai/qing-ban.htm

Qinghai Resettlement Project
Article about the World Bank's backing of the project, from World Tibet Network News.
http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/2000/7/6-2_1.html

Qinghai-Tibet Railway Starts to Lay Tracks
Article from the People's Daily. "Railway stretches from Golmud in the north, stretching over a distance of 1,142 kilometers to end at Lhasa in the south."
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200207/01/eng20020701_98919.shtml

China Western Poverty Reduction Project
World Bank project introduction.
http://www.worldbank.org.cn/English/content/696f1228214.shtml

Tibetkids.org
Charity focused on education of Tibetan children. Runs a child sponsorship program and the Ban Ma County Tibetan Primary School located two days from Xining.
http://www.tibetkids.org/



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