Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (;;
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autonomous
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county
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of
Hui and
Tu peoples in
Qinghai Province
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...
,
China
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. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Xining
Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau.
The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and w ...
, the capital of Qinghai.
Since 2009, a folk music "Flower Festival" has been held annually in late July on "Mount Laoye" (2928 m) in Datong town.
Qinghai to hold 3rd flower festival
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Climate
Transportation
* China National Highway 227
China National Highway 227 (G227) runs from Xining, Qinghai to Zhangye, Gansu. It is 347 kilometres in length and runs northwest from Xining towards Zhangye.
Route and distance
See also
* China National Highways
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* Xining–Datong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)
* Xining–Datong Railway (Ningda Railway, ), a 39-km long dead-end railway branch constructed in 1966-1968 and primarily serving a local coal mine. In the past, passenger service operated on the line, but ceased in 2008.
* Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; ), opened in December 2014. Very limited service.
See also
* List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
Qinghai, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.
Administrative divisions
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the Peopl ...
References
County-level divisions of Qinghai
Hui autonomous counties
Monguor autonomous counties
Xining
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