Da Qaidam
Da Qaidam
大柴旦 · ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠮ · ཚྭ་འདམ་ཆེ་བའི་ Tatsaitan | |
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Da Qaidam coach terminal | |
Location of Da Qaidam (red) in Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
| Coordinates (Qaidam Town government): 37°50′57″N 95°21′41″E / 37.8491°N 95.3613°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Haixi |
| Township-level divisions | 2 towns |
| Seat | Qaidam Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 21,000 km2 (8,000 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,174 m (10,413 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,287 |
| • Density | 0.78/km2 (2.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 大柴旦行政委员会 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Big Qaidam Greater Qaidam | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཚྭ་འདམ་ཆེ་བའི་ | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠮ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ | ||||||||
Da Qaidam is a county-level administrative zone in Haixi Prefecture in northwestern Qinghai province, China. It borders Gansu province to the north.