Xining - the largest city in Qing-Tibet Altiplano

Xining - the largest city in Qing-Tibet Altiplano
Apr 9, 2004 16:45
SNOWWIN Points: Join Date: Mar 29, 2004 Status: offline	Location: located between 10149' east longitude and 3634' north latitude, in the east part of Qinghai province Neighboring Areas: Gansu and Sichuan provinces; Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Physical Features: topography slopes down from northwest to southeast Population: 1.11 million Urban Population: 700,000 Area: 7,671 sq km Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Tibetan, Sala and Mongolian History: a history of 2000 years; originally called Xipingting; once as a capital in Nan Liang dynasty; the key point of the south branch of the Silk Road Climatic Features: the continental mid-drought climate with rich sunlight and little rainfall, short frost-free, long freeze-up, no bitter coldness in winter or extremely hot in summer Rivers: the Yellow River, Nanchuan river, Beichuan river

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Location: located between 10149' east longitude and 3634' north latitude, in the east part of Qinghai province

Neighboring Areas: Gansu and Sichuan provinces; Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Physical Features: topography slopes down from northwest to southeast

Population: 1.11 million
Urban Population: 700,000
Area: 7,671 sq km

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Tibetan, Sala and Mongolian

History: a history of 2000 years; originally called Xipingting; once as a capital in Nan Liang dynasty; the key point of the south branch of the Silk Road

Climatic Features: the continental mid-drought climate with rich sunlight and little rainfall, short frost-free, long freeze-up, no bitter coldness in winter or extremely hot in summer

Rivers: the Yellow River, Nanchuan river, Beichuan river

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