Ulan County | |
Native Name: | Mongolian: {{mongolUnicode|ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal · · Chinese: 乌兰县 |
Other Name: | Wulan |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | Qinghai |
Pushpin Label: | Ulan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the county seat in Qinghai |
Coordinates: | 36.8167°N 115°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Qinghai |
Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Haixi |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Xireg |
Area Total Km2: | 12858.16 |
Population Total: | 31507 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Order: | st |
S: | 乌兰县 |
T: | 烏蘭縣 |
P: | Wūlán Xiàn |
Monr: | Ulaγan siyan |
Wylie: | dbus lam rdzong |
Zwpy: | ü lam dzong |
Ulan or Wulan (Mongolian: {{MongolUnicode|ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal; ;) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg.
The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "red".
Ulan County is divided into 4 towns.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Mongolian (traditional script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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Towns | |||||||
Xireg Town (Xirig, Xiligou) | Chinese: 希里沟镇 | Mongolian: Ширх балгас | 632821100 | ||||
Qaka Town (Chaka, Caka) | Chinese: 茶卡镇 | Mongolian: Цака балгас | 632821101 | ||||
Hohod Town (Keke) | Chinese: 柯柯镇 | Mongolian: Хээд балгас | 632821102 | ||||
Tongpu Town (Toinbo) | Chinese: 铜普镇 | Mongolian: Тунпу балгас | 632821103 | ||||
The county is served by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which has a station at the county seat. There is also a freight-only branch to the salt works on the Chaka Salt Lake near Chaka Town, in the southeastern part of the county.