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Ulan County
Ulan or Wulan ( Mongolian: ; ; ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg. The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "red". 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 Chaka Salt Lake ( zh, s=茶卡盐湖, p=Chákǎ Yánhú; bo, ཚྭ་ཁ་མཚོ་) is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, to the west of the pr ... ( 茶卡盐湖) near Chaka Town ( 茶卡镇), in the southeastern part of the county. References County-level divisions of Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-geo-stub ...
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Postal Code Of China
Postal codes in the People's Republic of China () are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China. China Post uses a six-digit all-numerical system with four tiers: the first tier, composed of the first two digits, show the province, province-equivalent municipality, or autonomous region; the second tier, composed of the third digit, shows the postal zone within the province, municipality or autonomous region; the fourth digit serves as the third tier, which shows the postal office within prefectures or prefecture-level cities; the last two digits are the fourth tier, which indicates the specific mailing area for delivery. The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People's Republic of China. Mail to ROC is treated as international mail, and uses postal codes set forth by Chunghwa Post. Codes starting from 999 are the internal codes use ...
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County (China)
Counties ( zh, t=縣, s=县, hp=Xiàn), formally county-level divisions, are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy in Provinces and Autonomous regions and the second level in municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, banners, autonomous banners and City districts. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. The term ''xian'' is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of Chinese history. History ''Xian'' have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin Dynasty. The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished ...
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Ulan County
Ulan or Wulan ( Mongolian: ; ; ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg. The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "red". 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 Chaka Salt Lake ( zh, s=茶卡盐湖, p=Chákǎ Yánhú; bo, ཚྭ་ཁ་མཚོ་) is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, to the west of the pr ... ( 茶卡盐湖) near Chaka Town ( 茶卡镇), in the southeastern part of the county. References County-level divisions of Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-geo-stub ...
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Chaka Town
Chaka Town () is a rural town in Ulan County, Qinghai, China. it had a population of 2,100 and an area of . The Han, Hui, Mongolian and Tibetan live here. History After the establishment of the Communist State, it was renamed Chaka Commune in 1959. It was upgraded to a town in 1985. On October 14, 2016, it was listed among the first group of "Small towns with Chinese characteristics" by the State Council of China. Geography The Chaka Salt Lake () located within the town. Economy Beef and mutton are important to the economy. Transportation The G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway The Beijing–Tibet Expressway (), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (), also known as Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingla Expressway; ) or China National Expressway 6, is part of the Expressways of China, Chinese national expressway netwo ... passes across the town east to west. The Chaka railway station serves the town. Chaka railway is a branch line of Qinghai–Tibet railway. Culture T ...
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Chaka Salt Lake
Chaka Salt Lake ( zh, s=茶卡盐湖, p=Chákǎ Yánhú; bo, ཚྭ་ཁ་མཚོ་) is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin, to the west of the provincial capital 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 wa .... The name "Chaka" means "salt lake" in Tibetan. Chaka Lake is a major tourist destination and a key salt mine in Qinghai. In 2018, it received more than 3 million visitors. The lake is famous for its crystal-blue water and reflective lake bed, and is popularly known as "Mirror of the Sky". References {{reflist Lakes of China Lakes of Qinghai Tourist attractions in Qinghai ...
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Wulan Railway Station
Wulan (or Ulan) railway station () is a station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, in Ulan County, Qinghai province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... The nearest village is Xireg. See also * Qinghai–Tibet Railway * List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway Stations on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway Railway stations in Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-railstation-stub ...
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Mongolian Language
Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and both the most widely spoken and best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the ethnic Mongol residents of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.Estimate from Svantesson ''et al.'' (2005): 141. In Mongolia, Khalkha Mongolian is predominant, and is currently written in both Cyrillic and traditional Mongolian script. In Inner Mongolia, the language is dialectally more diverse and is written in the traditional Mongolian script. However, Mongols in both countries often use the Latin script for convenience on the Internet. In the discussion of grammar to follow, the variety of Mongolian treated is the standard written Khalkha formalized in the writing conventions and in grammar as taught in schools, but much of what is to be said is also valid for vernacular ...
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County (People's Republic Of China)
Counties ( zh, t=縣, s=县, hp=Xiàn), formally county-level divisions, are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy in Provinces and Autonomous regions and the second level in municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, banners, autonomous banners and City districts. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. The term ''xian'' is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of Chinese history. History ''Xian'' have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin Dynasty. The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolish ...
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Xireg
Xireg is a town in and county seat of Ulan County in Qinghai province, China. The town is located in a fertile valley. Wulan railway station Wulan (or Ulan) railway station () is a station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, in Ulan County, Qinghai province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous co ... and the G315 highway connects the town to other parts of China. External linksMaplandia Divisions of Ulan County Township-level divisions of Qinghai {{Qinghai-geo-stub ...
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