Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་བཡྣང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 km² and its capital is Haiyan county. The placename literally means "north of the Qinghai Lake."

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km².

Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census

Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1autonomous county:

• Haiyan county (海晏县)
• Qilian county (祁连县)
• Gangca county (刚察县)
• Menyuan Hui Autonomous County (门源回族自治县)

v • d • e Qinghai Province
History · Politics · Economy
Prefecture-level city	Xining
Prefecture	Haidong
Autonomous prefectures	Golog · Haibei · Hainan · Haixi · Huangnan · Yushu
See also: List of Qinghai County-level divisions

v • d • e Tibetan autonomous areas in the People's Republic of China
Tibet Autonomous Region	Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi
Gansu Province	Gannan · Tianzhu
Qinghai Province	Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu
Sichuan Province	Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli
Yunnan Province	Dêqên
See also Political divisions of China

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