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Golmud

Eastern Asia

Golmud is a county-level city in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, China. It is now the second-largest city in Qinghai and the third largest on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining and Lhasa. The population in 2020 was 221,863, which places it behind only the provincial capital Xining within Qinghai. Only Xining in Qinghai and Lhasa in Tibet are larger on the plateau.

Facts
Population
221,863 1
Founding Year
1954 1
Founding Year
1954 1
Elevation (m)
2811 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
Sources
1. Golmud (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The population in 2020 was 221,863.
  • History, range start
    It was first established in 1954
  • History, range end
    It was first established in 1954
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 36.4072, 94.9283
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinates
Quote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 2811.0
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3. Qinghai (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
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Qinghai is an inland province in Northwestern China.
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4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 36.25 N 94.75 E containing the city coordinates
Quote, Grid cell 36.25 N 94.75 E containing the city coordinates
36.25 94.75 BWk
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseChina section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
Quote, China section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
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China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
Quote, On Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
is a country in East Asia
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