Huzhu
Tu Autonomous County (), or in short Huzhu County (), is an
autonomous county
Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name.
There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are ...
under the jurisdiction 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
Haidong
Haidong (; Wylie: Haitung) is a prefecture-level city of Qinghai province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake." On 8 February 2013 Haidong was upgraded from a prefecture () into a prefecture-level city. Haido ...
, in the east of
Qinghai
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 po ...
province, China, bordering
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibe ...
province to the northeast.
It has an area of and approximately 370,000 inhabitants (2004). Its seat is the town of Weiyuan ().
The monastery of
Chuzang, located in the town of
Nanmenxia () some northwest of the seat of Huzhu County, is listed as a national monument of the People's Republic of China (since 2006).
The
Xining Caojiabao Airport
Xining Caojiabao International Airport , also called Caojiapu Airport, is an airport serving Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, China. It is located in Huzhu County, Haidong, on the Tibetan Plateau about east of downtown Xining. The ai ...
(IATA: XNN, ICAO: ZLXN) which serves
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 ...
, capital of Qinghai Province, is located in the county.
Climate
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
External links
Official WebsiteChubsang Gompa
County-level divisions of Qinghai
Haidong
Monguor autonomous counties
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