Ping'an District () also known as Ping'anyi (), is an administrative

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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

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province of the

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, located about east from

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. Its postal code is 810600, and its population is 127,480, 29.4% of whom belong to

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. The area is known for its

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resources. During the

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it was known as Anyi County, and as Zhongge during the

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, then as Pingrong and Ping'an during the

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and

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respectively. In 2015, Ping'an

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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

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. The station is situated on the Lanzhou–Qinghai railway. The

Haidong West railway station 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 ...

is situated on the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway. National Highway 109 also runs through the district.

References

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 Ping'an District () also known as Ping'anyi (), is an administrative district and the seat of the city of Haidong, in the east of Qinghai province of the People's Republic of China, located about east from Xining. Its postal code is 810600, and i ...

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Administrative divisions

Transportation

See also

References

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