Which is bigger, Xining or Lanzhou?

Lanzhou has a larger area and a larger population than Xining.

1, Xining, formerly known as Qing Tang Cheng, Xiping County and Shanzhou, is the capital of Qinghai Province, the political, economic, scientific, technological, educational, cultural, transportation and communication center of Qinghai Province, and an important central city in northwest China determined by the State Council? . As of 20 18, there are four districts and three counties in the city, with a total area of 7679 square kilometers, built-up area of 129 square kilometers, permanent population of 23710000, urban population of 1709800 and urbanization rate of 72/kloc.

2. Lanzhou, referred to as "Lan" or "Gao", was called Jincheng in ancient times. It is an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in northwest China approved by the State Council, one of the important central cities in the western region, an important node city in the Silk Road Economic Belt, and the capital of Gansu Province. As of 20 18, there are five districts and three counties in the city, with a total area of 13 100 square kilometers, a built-up area of 32 1.75 square kilometers, a permanent population of 3,753,600, an urban population of 304 1500, and an urbanization rate.

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Minority population

Xining is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-religious immigrant city. It is the only central city in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with a population of over one million, with an immigrant population of 1 10,000. At the end of 20 18, the population of ethnic minorities in the city was 61.16,000, accounting for 25.8% of the permanent population, of which: the Hui population was 383,000, accounting for16.2%; Tibetan population 129800, accounting for 5.5%; There are 60,700 Turks, accounting for 2.6%.

By the end of 20 15, there were 36 nationalities in Lanzhou, including Han, Hui, Mongolian, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Tujia, Korean, Tibetan, Yi, Yugur, Dong, Buyi, Tu, Manchu and Hani. Except for the Hui nationality, ethnic minorities account for 3.6% of the total population.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Lanzhou

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Baidu encyclopedia-Xining