Which province and city does Datong County belong to?

Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County belongs to Xining City, Qinghai Province.

Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County is a county under the jurisdiction of Xining City, Qinghai Province. It is located in the Hehuang Valley in the eastern part of Qinghai Province, at the southern foot of the Qilian Mountains, and in the Beichuan River Basin in the upper reaches of the Huangshui River. It is the transition zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau.

The altitude is 2280-4622 meters. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It has a plateau continental climate. The county has a total area of ??3090 square kilometers and governs 9 towns and 11 townships. There are Han, Hui, Tu, Tibetan and Mongolian people. It is home to 26 ethnic groups, including 26 ethnic groups, and has been twice named the “Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art” by the Ministry of Culture.

In October 2020, it was rated as a national dual-support model city (county). In 2019, the GDP of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County was 11.21148 billion yuan.

Water resources

As of 2012, the total water resources of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County was 671.35 million m2, of which 656.5 million m2 were surface water resources. The amount of exploitable groundwater resources in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County is 161.33 million m2 (442,000 m2/d). The fourth and sixth water sources of Taer and Xinzhuang are important water sources for Xining City, with an annual water supply capacity of 87.6 million m2 (240,000 m2/d).