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Location of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Qinghai
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་བཡྣང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie: Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 km² and its capital is Haiyan County. The placename literally means "north of the Qinghai Lake."
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km².
[edit] Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1autonomous county:
- Haiyan county (海晏县)
- Qilian County (祁连县)
- Gangca County (刚察县)
- Menyuan Hui Autonomous County (门源回族自治县)