Haidong Prefecture Overview
Haidong is Located to the northeast of Qinghai Province, the intermediate zone between Xining and Lanzhou. To the east, it borders with Tianzhu, Yongdeng, Lanzhou, Yongjing, Linxia and Gannan in Gansu Province. It wins its name from it location, on the east bank of Qinghai Lake. With a total area of 17,010 square kilometers and the population of over 2,130,000, Haidong is an important agricultural economy region in Qinghai Province. The Tu Ethnic Group is another feature for tourists. There is not only the Tu Ethnic amorous feelings of millions of years, but a secret before four thousand years ago waiting for your explore.Map of Haidong: Here is a rough map of Haidong showing where Haidong is located on the map of China.
Administrative Division: Haidong Prefecture consists of two counties and four autonomous counties, which are Ping’an County, Ledu County, Minhe Hui Minority Autonomous County, Huzhu Tu Nationailty Autonomous County, Hualong Hui Minority Autonomous County, and Xunhua Sala Minority Autonomous County.
The climate in Haidong belongs to plateau climate, highly cold, dry with long time sunshine. The solar radiation is strong and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The average temperature is 6.9℃ annually and the average rain fall is 323.6mm annually. With the altitude of 1600 to 4600 meters and mountains as its main landform, the season difference is not apparent but the ultraviolet ray radiation is strong. The main rain season is between July and Sep. but the rain fall is little. It is windy at the end of winter and the beginning of spring which may reach to the grade of eight.
Haidong has a lot of tourism resources, among which the major attractions are Jutan Temple, North Mountains National Forest Park, which is called the “Scenery Jewel”, “Plant Museum”, and “Natural Animal Zoo” on Qing-Tibet Plateau, Mengda Natural Protection Zone, Which is called “Xishuangbanna” on Qing-Tibet Plateau. Referred Jutan Temple in Ledu, which is a large-scaled palace-style temple in Ming Dynasty. It is famous for its giant colored wall-painting in the world and the content of the wall-painting is the whole life of Sakyamuni Buddha. And it is called small Imperial Palace in China.
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