Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, which means "Taiping in the West", is the east gate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and its geographical position is very important. It was called "Lock of the West Sea" in ancient times.
Xining is located in the Huangshui Valley in the east of Qinghai Province, with an altitude of 2275 meters. It is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the province.
Xining, called Huangzhong in ancient times, is an ancient plateau city with a history of more than 2 100 years. Xining used to be the base of Zhao Chongguo, the general of the Western Han Dynasty, the main road of Qinghai Road on the Silk Road, the important town connecting the Central Plains and the western frontier, and the only pass of the "Tang-Fan Ancient Road" in history. Today, Xining is the end of Lanzhou-Qinghai Railway, the starting point of Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Qinghai-Tibet Highway, and it is still a transportation hub leading to the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Xining has an average elevation of 2260 meters, surrounded by mountains and a pleasant climate, with an average annual temperature of about 6 degrees Celsius. It's breezy in summer and crisp in autumn. This is a natural summer resort. Xining, as a famous historical and cultural city and a tourist city, has many places of interest. The main attractions are Beishan Temple, Dongguan Mosque and Ma Bufang Mansion. Taer Temple in Huangzhong County is a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, and the famous Qinghai Lake is 290 kilometers away from Xining.
Xining has an urban area of 350 square kilometers, an urban area of 50 square kilometers and a population of 654.38+00,000. It is a city inhabited by Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu, Tu and Salar nationalities, and ethnic minorities account for 23% of the city's total population. Especially for the Hui and Tibetan people, this is a good place to appreciate ethnic customs.
Xining, as the only big city in Qinghai, has few tourist attractions. It often plays an important role for tourists to enter Tibet along the Qinghai-Tibet line and go to Ta 'er Temple and Qinghai Lake. However, if tourists have a peaceful mind, they will still find pleasure in this city.
Xining is located on the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, upstream of Huangshui River, a tributary of the Yellow River, with east longitude10149'17 "and north latitude 36 34'13". The average elevation of the urban area is 2295 meters, which belongs to the semi-arid climate of the mainland plateau, with an average temperature of 6.65438 0 degrees Celsius. There is no cold in winter and no heat in summer. It is a natural summer resort.
Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province and the political, economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological, transportation and commercial center of the province. Up to now, it has a long history of more than 265,438+000 years. At present, it has jurisdiction over the four districts of East, City, West and North, and three counties of Datong, Huangzhong and Huangyuan, as well as the national Xining Economic Development Zone and the Southern New District under construction, with a total area of 7,649 square kilometers and permanent residence at the end of 2005. Among them, the urban area is 350 square kilometers, and the urban resident population is 1029400. It is composed of 36 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Tu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu and Salar. It is the first central city with a population of over one million in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
The terrain in this area is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, showing the distribution of "four mountains and three rivers", namely Lenglongling-Datong River-Dabanshan-Huangshui-Laji Mountain-Yellow River Valley-South Mountain of the Yellow River. There are many basins with fertile soil in Hehuang area.
Xining is a beautiful place. Welcome to visit.