Qinghai

Location : located between 101°49' east longitude and 36°34' north latitude, in the east part of Qinghai province

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 2000 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.