List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

Qinghai Province
Province
Capital: Xining
Prefectural level divisions
Prefectural cities	2
Autonomous prefectures	6
County level divisions
County cities	3
Counties	27
Autonomous counties	7
Districts	6
Township level divisions
Towns	115
Townships	253
Ethnic townships	30
Subdistricts	31
The administrative committees also are not counted.

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Qinghai, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.

Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists all prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Qinghai.

Prefecture level	County Level
Prefecture level	Name	Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Division code^[1]
Xining City 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301)	Chengdong District	城东区	Chéngdōng Qū	630102
	Chengzhong District	城中区	Chéngzhōng Qū	630103
	Chengxi District	城西区	Chéngxī Qū	630104
	Chengbei District	城北区	Chéngběi Qū	630105
	Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County	大通回族土族自治县	Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	630121
	Huangzhong County	湟中县	Huángzhōng Xiàn	630122
	Huangyuan County	湟源县	Huángyuán Xiàn	630123

Haidong City 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302)	Ledu District	乐都区	Lèdū Qū	630202
	Ping'an District	平安区	Píng'ān Qū	630203
	Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County	民和回族土族自治县	Mínhé Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	630222
	Huzhu Tu Autonomous County	互助土族自治县	Hùzhù Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	630223
	Hualong Hui Autonomous County	化隆回族自治县	Huàlóng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	630224
	Xunhua Salar Autonomous County	循化撒拉族自治县	Xúnhuà Sǎlāzú Zìzhìxiàn	630225

Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州 Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6322)	Menyuan Hui Autonomous County	门源回族自治县	Ményuán Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	632221
	Qilian County	祁连县	Qílián Xiàn	632222
	Haiyan County	海晏县	Hǎiyàn Xiàn	632223
	Gangca County	刚察县	Gāngchá Xiàn	632224

Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黄南藏族自治州 Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6323)	Tongren County	同仁县	Tóngrén Xiàn	632321
	Jainca County	尖扎县	Jiānzhā Xiàn	632322
	Zêkog County	泽库县	Zékù Xiàn	632323
	Henan Mongol Autonomous County	河南蒙古族自治县	Hénán Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn	632324

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州 Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6325)	Gonghe County	共和县	Gònghé Xiàn	632521
	Tongde County	同德县	Tóngdé Xiàn	632522
	Guide County	贵德县	Guìdé Xiàn	632523
	Xinghai County	兴海县	Xīnghǎi Xiàn	632524
	Guinan County	贵南县	Guìnán Xiàn	632525

Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 果洛藏族自治州 Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6326)	Maqên County	玛沁县	Mǎqìn Xiàn	632621
	Baima County	班玛县	Bānmǎ Xiàn	632622
	Gadê County	甘德县	Gāndé Xiàn	632623
	Darlag County	达日县	Dárì Xiàn	632624
	Jigzhi County	久治县	Jiǔzhì Xiàn	632625
	Madoi County	玛多县	Mǎduō Xiàn	632626

Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉树藏族自治州 Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6327)	Yushu City	玉树市	Yùshù Shì	632701
	Zadoi County	杂多县	Záduō Xiàn	632722
	Chindu County	称多县	Chēngduō Xiàn	632723
	Zhidoi County	治多县	Zhìduō Xiàn	632724
	Nangqên County	囊谦县	Nángqiān Xiàn	632725
	Qumarlêb County	曲麻莱县	Qūmálái Xiàn	632726

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu (6328)	Golmud City	格尔木市	Gé'ěrmù Shì	632801
	Delingha City	德令哈市	Délìnghā Shì	632802
	Ulan County	乌兰县	Wūlán Xiàn	632821
	Dulan County	都兰县	Dūlán Xiàn	632822
	Tianjun County	天峻县	Tiānjùn Xiàn	632823
	Mangnai¹ Administrative Zone	茫崖行政区	Mángyá Xíngzhèngqū	632891
	Da Qaidam¹ Administrative Zone	大柴旦行政区	Dàcháidàn Xíngzhèngqū	632892
	Lenghu¹ Administrative Zone	冷湖行政区	Lěnghú Xíngzhèngqū	632893

¹ — The administrative zones are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such.

Administrative divisions history

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Date	Before	After	Note	Reference^[2]^[3]
1980-01-09	parts of Haidong Prefecture	Xining (PL-City)	transferred
1980-01-09	↳ parts of Huangzhong County	↳ Jiao District, Xining	transferred & established
1983-01-18	all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City)			MoCA Announcement
1983-01-18	all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City)			MoCA Announcement
1984-05-01	Haixi Prefecture (Aut.) pefectural-controlled	Mangnai Administrative Zone	established
1985-??-??	provincial-controlled	Huangnan Prefecture (Aut.)	transferred
1985-??-??	↳ Henan County (Aut.)	↳ Henan County (Aut.)	transferred
1985-04-24	Haixi Prefecture (Aut.)	Haixi Prefecture (Aut.)	removed Kazakh Aut.
1985-11-06	Minhe County	Minhe County (Aut.)	upgraded
1985-11-06	Datong County	Datong County (Aut.)	upgraded
1986-03-05	parts of Chengxi District	Chengbei District	established
	Jiao District, Xining	Chengbei District	merged into
		Chengdong District	merged into
		Chengzhong District	merged into
		Chengxi District	merged into
1988-04-19	parts of Ulan County	Delhi (CL-City)	established
1988-04-19	parts of Mangnai Administrative Zone	Delhi (CL-City)	merged
1989-??-??	provincial-controlled	Haibei Prefecture (Aut.)	transferred
1989-??-??	↳ Kuang District Office	↳ Haiyan County	merged into
1992-??-??	parts of Mangnai Administrative Zone	Da Qaidam Administrative Zone	established
1992-??-??	parts of Mangnai Administrative Zone	Lenghu Administrative Zone	established
1999-12-05	parts of Haidong Prefecture	Xining (PL-City)	transferred	Guohan[1999]142
	↳ Huangzhong County	↳ Huangzhong County	transferred
	↳ Huangyuan County	↳ Huangyuan County	transferred
2013-02-08	Haidong Prefecture	Haidong (PL-City)	upgraded	Guohan[2013]23
2013-02-08	Ledu County	Ledu District	upgraded	Guohan[2013]23
2013-07-03	Yushu County	Yushu (CL-City)	upgraded	Minhan[2013]219
2015-02-16	Ping'an County	Ping'an District	upgraded	Guohan[2015]38

Population composition

Prefectures

Prefecture	2010	2000
Haixi	489,338	369,136
Haibei	273,304	276,723
Xining	2,208,708	1,979,200
Haidong	1,396,846	1,520,074
Hainan	441,689	401,743
Huangnan	256,716	225,462
Yushu	378,439	268,825
Golog	181,682	140,397

Counties

Name	Prefecture	2010
Chengdong	Xining	359,688
Chengzhong	Xining	296,987
Chengxi	Xining	242,627
Chengbei	Xining	299,002
Huangyuan	Xining	437,835
Huangzhong	Xining	136,632
Datong	Xining	435,937
Ledu	Haidong	260,185
Ping'an	Haidong	102,975
Minhe	Haidong	350,118
Huzhu	Haidong	356,437
Hualong	Haidong	203,317
Xunhua	Haidong	123,814
Qilian	Haibei	13,789
Haiyan	Haibei	11,497
Gangca	Haibei	11,473
Menyuan	Haibei	37,595
Gonghe	Hainan	122,966
Tongde	Hainan	64,367
Guide	Hainan	101,771
Xinghai	Hainan	76,025
Guinan	Hainan	76,560
Golmud	Haixi	215,213
Delingha	Haixi	78,184
Ulan	Haixi	38,273
Dulan	Haixi	76,623
Tianjun	Haixi	33,923
Mangnai	Haixi	31,017
Da Qaidam	Haixi	13,671
Lenghu	Haixi	2,434
Tongren	Huangnan	92,601
Jainca	Huangnan	55,325
Zêkog	Huangnan	69,416
Henan	Huangnan	39,374
Maqên	Golog	51,245
Baima	Golog	27,185
Gadê	Golog	34,840
Darlag	Golog	30,995
Jigzhi	Golog	26,081
Madoi	Golog	11,336
Yushu	Yushu	120,447
Zadoi	Yushu	58,268
Chindu	Yushu	55,619
Zhidoi	Yushu	30,037
Nangqên	Yushu	85,825
Qumarlêb	Yushu	28,243

Drafted and proposed cities

Qinghai is planning to re-organise the administrative divisions with an addition of two county-level cities, all to be located in Haixi Prefecture:

Gasinhot (尕斯浩特市) consist of Mangnai and Lenghu
Qaidam (柴达木市) consist of Da Qaidam and Delingha

County-level divisions of Qinghai Province

Xining (capital)

Prefecture-level cities

Xining	Chengzhong District Chengdong District Chengxi District Chengbei District Datong County Huangyuan County Huangzhong County

Haidong	Ledu District Ping'an District Minhe County Huzhu County Hualong County Xunhua County

Autonomous prefectures

Haibei	Haiyan County Qilian County Gangca County Menyuan County

Huangnan	Tongren County Jainca County Zêkog County Henan County

Hainan	Gonghe County Tongde County Guide County Xinghai County Guinan County

Golog	Maqên County Banma County Gadê County Darlag County Jigzhi County Madoi County

Yushu	Yushu City Zadoi County Chindu County Zhidoi County Nangqên County Qumarlêb County

Haixi	Delingha City Golmud City Ulan County Dulan County Tianjun County Lenghu Administrative Zone ¹ Da Qaidam Administrative Zone ¹ Mangnai Administrative Zone ¹

¹ These are administrative zones, which are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such.

Lists of prefectural-level divisions and lists of county-level divisions of the People's Republic of China

Provinces	Anhui Fujian Gansu Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hebei Heilongjiang Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Qinghai Shaanxi Shandong Shanxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang

Autonomous regions	Guangxi Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) Ningxia Tibet (Xizang) Xinjiang

Municipalities	Beijing Chongqing Shanghai Tianjin

See also: Districts of Hong Kong Freguesias of Macau Administrative divisions of the Republic of China

References

↑ 最新县及县以上行政区划代码（截止2014年10月31日）
↑ "中华人民共和国行政区划沿革 (1949-2006)". www.gov.cn. Government of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
↑ "县级以上行政区划变更情况 (1999-present)". www.mca.gov.cn. Ministry of Civial Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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