Delhi, Qinghai

The city of Delhi (德令哈 市; Pinyin:. . Delingha Shì; mongol дзлхий ( = delchii ); tibet གཏེར་ལེན་ཁ་ ) is a county -level city in the Chinese province of Qinghai. It lies on the northeast edge of the Qaidam Basin and at the southern foot of the mountain train Zongwulong Shan宗 务 隆 山. Delhi, consisting of the separated by the Bayin River districts Hexi (河西) and Hedong (河东) which is part of the Autonomous County of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan, whose headquarters it is. The district government is located in Hedong, which at 2980 m asl lies. Of 1999, the city of Delhi 56 501 inhabitants.

The entire administrative area of ​​the independent city of Delhi covers 27,700 km ² to the surrounding area and it comprises approximately 100,000 inhabitants, among whom were found next to Han Chinese mainly Mongols, Tibetans as well as some Hui, Salar and Tu.

The town lies on the railway line to Lhasa, about 500 kilometers west of Xining, the provincial capital of Qinghai, and still 390 km before Golmud. Due to the accommodated in the mountains around Delhi military installations ( presumably one of the largest Raktenbasen China ) may not stay in Delhi foreigners.