| Delingha | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 德令哈市 · · |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Pushpin Map: | Qinghai |
| Pushpin Label: | Delingha |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the city centre in Qinghai |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Qinghai |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Haixi |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Hexi Subdistrict |
| Area Total Km2: | 27700 |
| Elevation M: | 2982 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 88227 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Delingha municipal government |
| Coordinates: | 37.3699°N 97.3615°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 817000 |
| Area Code: | 0977 |
| C: | 德令哈市 |
| P: | Délìnghā Shì |
| Wylie: | gter lin kha grong khyer |
| Zwpy: | Dêrlinka Chongkyêr |
| Monr: | Delhi hot |
Delingha (;), or Delhi (Mongolian: {{MongolUnicode|ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ|style=max-height:1.4em;text-align:left;word-wrap:normal), is the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northern Qinghai province, China. It is located approximately 200km (100miles) southeast of the Da Qaidam Administrative Region. It is a mainly industrial county-level city. The Bayin River divides the city into two parts: Hedong and Hexi. Because the prefecture seat is located in Hedong, it is slightly more flourishing than Hexi, which is chiefly agricultural.[2]
Established in 1988, Delingha administers seven township-level divisions covering an area of 27700km2 and has a total population of 78,184, making it the smallest of the five cities in Qinghai. The name of the city comes from Mongolian and means "golden world",[2] reflecting the relatively large Mongol population of the city. Da Qaidam administrative zone merged into Delingha in mid-2018.
Delingha is divided into 3 subdistricts, 3 towns, and 1 township.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Mongolian (traditional script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subdistricts | |||||||
| Hexi Subdistrict | Chinese: 河西街道 | Mongolian: Голын хойнох зээл гудамж | 632802001 | ||||
| Hedong Subdistrict | Chinese: 河东街道 | Mongolian: Голын өмнөх зээл гудамж | 632802002 | ||||
| Railway Station Subdistrict | Chinese: 火车站街道 | Mongolian: Галт тэргэн өртөөний зээл гудамж | 632802003 | ||||
| Towns | |||||||
| Gahai Town | Chinese: 尕海镇 | Mongolian: Бааахнуур балгас | 632802100 | ||||
| Hoit Taria Town | Chinese: 怀头他拉镇 | Mongolian: Хойтдаариа балгас | 632802101 | ||||
| Hurleg Town | Chinese: 柯鲁柯镇 | Mongolian: Хэрлон балгас | 632802102 | ||||
| Township | |||||||
| Suj Township | Chinese: 蓄集乡 | Mongolian: Сүж суман | 632802200 | ||||
Delingha has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) just moist enough to avoid being a cool arid climate (BWk), characterised by warm summers with moderate rainfall and frigid to freezing, dry winters.
The Haixi Delingha Airport and Delingha railway station serve the city.
Delingha will be home to a 400 million yuan "Mars village" used by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to plan future Mars explorations missions.[3]
At an altitude of 3000m (10,000feet), a 50 MW concentrated solar power plant with parabolic trough opened in 2018.[4]