Ulan or Wulan (; ; zh, s=乌兰县) is a

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of

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 ...

. County seat is Xireg. The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "red".

Administrative divisions

Ulan County is divided into 4

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

. Other: Mohe Livestock Farm, Haixi Prefecture (海西州莫河畜牧场)

Climate

Transportation

The county is served by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which has a station at the county seat. There is also a freight-only branch to the salt works on the Chaka Salt Lake near Chaka Town, in the southeastern part of the county.

References

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