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Country
  
Elevation
  
2,982 m (9,783 ft)

Postal code
  
817000

Area
  
27,700 km²

Population
  
78,184 (2010)

Prefecture
  
Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area code(s)
  
0977

Local time
  
Monday 10:11 AM

Province
  
Delingha

Weather
  
-6°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 54% Humidity

Delingha (Chinese: 德令哈; pinyin: Délìnghā; Tibetan: གཏེར་ལེན་ཁ།Wylie: gter-len-kha, ZYPY: Dêrlênka), or Delhi (SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Mongolian: Delhi hot ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ), is the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northern Qinghai province, China. It is located approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) southeast of the Da Qaidam Administrative Region. It is a mainly industrial county-level city. The Ba'yin River divides the city into two parts: Hedong (河东, lit. "River East") and Hexi (河西, lit. "River West"). Because the prefecture seat is located in Hedong, it is slightly more flourishing than Hexi, which is chiefly agricultural.

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Map of Delhi, Haixi, Qinghai, China

Established in 1988, Delingha administers 7 township-level divisions covering an area of 27,700 square kilometres (10,700 sq mi) and has a total population of 78,184, making it the smallest of the 5 cities in Qinghai. The name of the city comes from Mongolian and means "golden world" ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ, reflecting the relatively large Mongol population of the city.

Climate

Delingha has a cold arid climate (Köppen BWk), that borders on a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk).

Transportation

The Delingha Airport and Delingha Railway Station serve the city.

Missile headquarters

Delingha is the missile headquarters for Qinghai, and houses DF-4s with four associated launch sites. Delingha is one of five locations where anywhere between 10 and 20 DF-4s were deployed in 1998.

References

Delingha Wikipedia


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