Where is Qilian?

Qilian County is located in the north of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, bordering Gansu Province in the east and north. Total area 156 10 km2. The total population is 50,000 (2004). Mainly Han nationality, but also Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Salar and other ethnic minorities.

The county people's government is located in Babao town, 233 kilometers away from Xihai town, the resident of the state capital. Postal code: 8 10400. Code: 632222. Area code: 0970. Pinyin: Qi Lianxian.

Qilian Mountain is located at the middle end of the southern foot of Qilian Mountain, which traverses the whole territory from northwest to southeast, and Tole Mountain spans the middle of the county. Langnan Mountain, Toler Mountain and Datong Mountain stretch in between. Heihe River, Babao River, Tole River and Moeller River run through the territory. It has a continental alpine climate, with an annual average temperature of 65438 0℃ and an annual flood of 270-600 mm.

Qilian County governs three towns and four townships: Babao Town, Ebao Town, Moeller Town, Zhamashi Township, Arou Township, Yeniugou Township and Yang Long Township.

national culture

Qilian County is located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, named after it is located in the middle of Qilian Mountain. The ancient Xiongnu in Qilian means "Mountain of Heaven", with picturesque scenery and rich products. As early as the Yuan Dynasty, it was famous for its "eight treasures". It can be said that Zhong Ling is a beautiful and outstanding person, known as "the pearl of the plateau" and "the south of pastoral areas". After being polished by literati, it is now called "Qilian in the sky". It covers an area of 1.38 million square kilometers, governs 44 administrative villages in 4 townships, 3 towns, and is inhabited by 15 ethnic groups such as Han, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui and Tu, with a total population of 46,000.

Qilian Mountain, with its unique natural endowment and infinite scenery, can vaguely distinguish the humanistic trajectory that originated in the Han Dynasty. The multi-ethnic blending and multi-religious exchanges here have a profound cultural heritage, which is represented by "Tang-Fan Ancient Road", "Arou Tribe", "Mongolian Six Banners" and "Hui Gongbei". Heihe Grand Canyon, the third largest canyon in the world, Qilian Grassland, one of the six most beautiful grasslands in China, Qilian Linhai, the largest semi-wild reindeer base in Asia, the ever-changing Qilian Stone Forest, the weathered remains of the border town of King Gelsall, and the magical and magnificent oil gourd nature reserve constitute the unique and breathtaking natural landscape of "Tianjing Qilian". After years of inheritance and development, this quiet, ancient and magical fertile soil has gradually become an important transit point connecting the Hexi Corridor, the area around Qinghai Lake, the Silk Road and the ancient Tang-Fan Road, and it is an excellent place for exploration and sightseeing.

natural resource

Qilian Mountain is rich in natural resources and products. It is an important production base of white Tibetan sheep and Tibetan yak in Qinghai. The county can use 654.38+05088 million mu of grassland, with an annual output of 654.38+100000 tons of high-quality meat. Tibetan beef, mutton and mutton are delicious, nutritious and environmentally friendly. They are the treasure of meat, and they are ancient tribute meat. Qilian white wool is comparable to Tibetan antelope wool. It is rich in mineral resources and is called "Urals of China" by the famous geologist Li Siguang. There are more than 40 kinds of minerals, including asbestos, coal, lead and zinc, manganese, copper and quartz. Qilian has large asbestos reserves and good cotton, and is known as "monosodium glutamate cotton", which is comparable to Quebec asbestos in Canada. It is the only excellent cottonseed that can be produced by wet method in China. This is an important coal-producing area in Qinghai Province, with large coal reserves and good quality, which plays an irreplaceable role in promoting local economic development and social progress. It is also the source of the "Three Rivers" of Heihe River, Datong River and Tole River. It is a water tower in the northeast of Qinghai, with an annual total flow of 2.3 billion cubic meters and a theoretical reserve of 560,000 kilowatts of hydropower resources.