Tianjun County, in Tibetan Themchen, is a county of

Qinghai Province Qinghai is an inland province in Northwestern China. It is the largest province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xining. Qinghai borders Gansu on the nort ...

, China, bordering

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to the north. It is under the administration of the

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, c=海西蒙古族藏族自治州; ; ), locally also known as Qaidam Prefecture (; ; zh, s=柴达木), is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the northern half of (as well as part of ...

. The county seat in Xinyuan Town.

Administrative divisions

Tianjun County is divided into 3

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and 7

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Climate

Economy

The county is served by the Qinghai–Tibet Railway; its Tianjun railway station is located near the county seat, Xinyuan Town. Large coalfields are worked near Muli Town in the northern part of the county, at the elevation around 4,000 m above the sea level.The Muli Coal Mine of Qinghai Kingho Group
/ref> The Muli coal fields are connected with the Ha'ergai railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway by a long branch railway, whose two sections are known as the Tsaidar Railway () and the Tsaidar-Muli Railway ().

References

County-level divisions of Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-geo-stub