Da Qaidam

Da Qaidam
大柴旦 · ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ · ཚྭ་འདམ་ཆེ་བའི་
Tatsaitan
Da Qaidam coach terminal
Da Qaidam coach terminal
Location of Da Qaidam (red) in Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Location of Da Qaidam (red) in Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Da Qaidam is located in Qinghai
Da Qaidam
Da Qaidam
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates (Qaidam Town government): 37°50′57″N 95°21′41″E / 37.8491°N 95.3613°E / 37.8491; 95.3613
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaixi
Township-level divisions2 towns
SeatQaidam Town
Area
 • Total21,000 km2 (8,000 sq mi)
Elevation
3,174 m (10,413 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total16,287
 • Density0.78/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.dachaidan.gov.cn
Da Qaidam
Chinese name
Chinese大柴旦
Literal meaningBig Qaidam
Greater Qaidam
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDà Cháidàn
Wade–GilesTa Ch‘ai-tan
Tibetan name
Tibetanཚྭའདམཆེབའི
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠮᠤᠨ

Da Qaidam is a county-level administrative zone in Haixi Prefecture in northwestern Qinghai province, China. It borders Gansu province to the north.

  1. ^ "海西州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——各市县、行委常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Haixi Prefecture. 2021-07-02.