| Hainan 海南 |
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| Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |
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| - Simplified | 海南 |
| - Traditional | |
| - Pinyin | Hǎinán |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://www.qhhn.gov.cn/ |
Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 km² and its capital is Gonghe County. The placename literally means "south of the Qinghai Lake."
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Demographics
According to the 2000 census, the prefecture has 375,426 inhabitants with a population density of 8.18 inhabitants/km².
Ethnic groups in Hainan, 2000 census
| Nationality | Population | Percentage |
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| Tibetan | 235,663 | 62.77% |
| Han | 105,337 | 28.06% |
| Hui | 26,152 | 6.97% |
| Tu | 3,750 | 1% |
| Mongol | 2.637 | 0.7% |
| Salar | 1,231 | 0.33% |
| Others | 656 | 0.17% |
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 5 county-level divisions (5 counties):
- Gonghe County (共和县)
- Tongde County (同德县)
- Guide County (贵德县)
- Xinghai County (兴海县)
- Guinan County (贵南县)
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3
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Coordinates: 36°16′27″N 100°37′17″E / 36.27417°N 100.62139°E
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