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Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (;;
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autonomous In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...
county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
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 ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
. 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 ...
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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

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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 External linksOfficial website ...
* 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

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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 {{Qinghai-geo-stub