Ping'an District () also known as Ping'anyi (), is an administrative
district
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and the seat of the city 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 of the
People's Republic of China
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, located about east from
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 ...
. Its postal code is 810600, and its population is 127,480, 29.4% of whom belong to
Ethnic minorities
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. The area is known for its
Selenium
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resources.
During the
Han dynasty
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it was known as Anyi County, and as Zhongge during the
Tang dynasty
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, then as Pingrong and Ping'an during the
Ming
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and
Qing dynasty
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respectively. In 2015, Ping'an
County
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became Ping'an District.
Administrative divisions
Ping'an District is divided into three towns and five townships.
The district's three towns are ,
Xiaoxia, and
Sanhe.
The district's five townships are ,
Shihuiyao Township,
Gucheng Township,
Shagou Township, and .
Transportation
The district is served by two train stations: the , and the . The Ping'anyi railway station was first built in 1959 and is operated by the
China Railway Qingzang Group. The station is situated on the
Lanzhou–Qinghai railway. The
Haidong West railway station is situated on the
Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway.
National Highway 109 also runs through the district.
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 People ...
*
Taktser
Taktser or Tengtser (; meaning 'Place on the Heights'") or Hongya Village () is a village in , Ping'an District, Haidong, in the east of Qinghai province, China, (also known as Amdo or Kokonor). Tibetan, Han and Hui Chinese people populate the vil ...
, a village in Ping'an District
References
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External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20130718064031/http://www.hdpa.gov.cn/ - People's Government Web site
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100127174358/http://www.qh.xinhuanet.com/pax/zfwq.htm - xinhuanet
*http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/63qh/2121pa.htm - Qinghai Province - China - Administrative Division
*http://www.pancsw.gov.cn/ - Ping'An County Rural Business Information Network
Ping'an County
Haidong
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