Xining
Overview
Location: located between 101o49' east longitude and 36o34' 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 2,000 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
