An area larger than Taiwan, why is Tanggula Town known as China’s largest “enclave”?

To understand why Tanggula Town is known as China’s largest “enclave”, we must first understand what an “enclave” is. Many people may not understand this word when they see it. What does it mean? Let me give a brief introduction below. The so-called "enclave" means that the jurisdiction of a town belongs to a province or a region directly under the Central Government, but the land is some distance away from the province or region that governs it, or is separated from another province or region, and is not located in this province or region. In the area, this phenomenon is named "enclave".

Tanggula Town is one of the "enclaves" and is the largest town among all enclaves, even larger than Taiwan. Tanggula Town is located in the southwest of Qinghai Province. Although its administrative division belongs to Golmud City, Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, it is separated from the administrative body of Golmud City by a state called Yushu Prefecture. Tanggula Mountain Town covers an area of ??47,500 square kilometers, which is larger than Taiwan Island and is the largest enclave in China.

Why is Tanggula Town not in the area it belongs to, but in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province? This may have been caused by the construction of some railways a long time ago, as well as the transportation problems of oil, natural gas, etc. At that time, for the convenience of management, this area was temporarily handed over to Golmud City, Haixi Prefecture, but it was separated by a From Yushu Prefecture.

Tanggula Town is not just an enclave. There are many other towns in Tanggula Town. Although these towns are located in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province and have jurisdiction in another state, the towns among them The people and managers belong to Tibet and are not under the jurisdiction of Qinghai Province. This reason also goes back to some disasters many years ago. At that time, there was a snow disaster. In order to resettle people in the disaster area, some areas in Qinghai Province were temporarily borrowed. As time went by, these immigrants did not move away, and this complex enclave phenomenon formed today.