Haidong

Also known as East Kokonor Prefecture, haidong diqu

Key facts

Settlement.name: Haidong
Settlement.native_name: 海东市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: PingAn.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: A street in Ping'an District
Settlement.image_map: Qinghai subdivisions - Haidong.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Haidong Prefecture in Qinghai
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: Haidong CCP Committee, Ping'an District
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Qinghai
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Ledu District
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13200
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019
Settlement.population_total: 1726100

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Wikidata facts

Official name: 海东地区
Population: 1358471
Area: 12982.42
Official website: www.haidong.gov.cn
Image: PingAn.JPG
Licence plate code: 青B

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Commons category: Haidong Prefecture
postal code: 810700
inception: 2013-02-08
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Haidong () is a prefecture-level city of Qinghai province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake." On 8 February 2013 Haidong was upgraded from a prefecture () into a prefecture-level city. Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud.

Haidong was historically populated by the Qiang people, although the area has been inhabited as early as 6000 years ago. In 121 BC the area was captured by Huo Qubing, defeating the Xiongnu. In 399 AD the Xianbei founded the state of Nanliang, with its capital in Ledu District.