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Qinghai

Province

Qinghai is a province of western China on the Tibetan Plateau, named for Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China, and a source region of the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong rivers. Its capital is Xining.

Facts
Population
5,923,957 1
Area (sq km)
722,300 1
Admission Year
1950 1
Connections

Adjacent To

Associated With

China, Countries

Has Capital

Xining, Cities
Source GeoNames: Xining - GeoNames
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Source Himalayan marmot (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
In China, it has been recorded in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Tibet, western Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
Sources
1. Qinghai (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    722300
  • Infobox: population_total
    5,923,957
  • History section
    On January 1, 1950, the Qinghai Province People's Government was declared, owing its allegiance to the new People's Republic of China.
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Wikidata: Qinghai
Wikidata Q45833, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
GeoNames: Xining - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Xining, cities500 record 1788852, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 06)
Quote, Has Capital: Xining, cities500 record 1788852, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 06)
36.62554 101.75739 P PPLA CN 06 6301 2467965 2275 Asia/Shanghai
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