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Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Hainan Prefecture
海南州 · མཚོ་ལྷོ་ཁུལ།
Autonomous prefecture
海南藏族自治州 · མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Chinese character 海南藏族自治州
 • Hanyu Pinyin Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan script མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ
 • Wylie mtsho-lho bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul
 • Tibetan pinyin Colho Poirig Ranggyong Kü
Qinghai Lake
Location of Hainan Prefecture in Qinghai
Location of Hainan Prefecture in Qinghai
Country People's Republic of China
Province Qinghai
Prefecture seat Gonghe County (Qabqa)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.qhhn.gov.cn/

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; Tibetan: མཚོ་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་) is an autonomous prefecture of northeastern Qinghai Province in Western China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 square kilometres (17,720 sq mi) and its seat is located in Gonghe County. Its name literally means "south of (Qinghai) Lake."

According to the 2000 census, the prefecture has 375,426 inhabitants with a population density of 8.18 inhabitants/km².

The following is a list of ethnic groups in the prefecture, as of the 2000 census.

The prefecture is subdivided into 5 county-level divisions (5 counties):

Coordinates: 36°17′N 100°37′E / 36.29°N 100.62°E / 36.29; 100.62


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