Golmud

Golmud (Chinese格尔木 市, pinyin Gé'ěrmù shì, W.-G. Koerhmu ) is an independent city in the Autonomous County of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan in the Chinese province of Qinghai.

Golmud has an area of ​​118,954.18 km ². Officially often still 123,460 km ² are given. The precise number ( minus 4505.82 km ²) is due to improved measurements and a correction to the border with Tibet in the territory of the greater community Tanggulashan. Due to their large surface area, the city is also referred to as the "greatest city in the world ".

On the administrative area Golmuds ( almost as big as Greece) live according to the latest figures about 270,000 inhabitants ( population stay the end of 2006 ). This corresponds to a population density of 2.27 inhabitants / km ². However, over 90 % of the population urban population, ie they focus on the more than 72 square kilometers that make up the urban center. Here, the population density is therefore just under 3,500 inh. / Km ², while she reached for the largest part of the area only about 0.23 inhab. / Km ². As late as 2003, the population was officially given as 107,000 (only residents with primary residence ), the end of 2004 with 175,000 (probably was already here, the residence population mean ). In any case, Golmud - certainly due to the completion of the railway line to Lhasa - grown considerably in recent years. End of 2006, only 9.8 % of the residents belonging to ethnic minorities, particularly Tibetans, Mongols and Hui.

Golmud is isolated to about 2,800 m in the central and southern part of the arid Qaidam Basin, between the Kunlun Shan Mountains and the Qarhan Salt Lake ( pinyin: Cha'erhan Yanhu ). To the city center around In total there are 20 salt lakes of various dimensions. The nearest large towns are Lhasa ( 1165 km away), Xining (781 km) and Dunhuang (524 km).

Golmud is China's main supplier of potassium and magnesium salts. In addition there are oil and gas deposits.

Golmud has an airport and a railway station. The city lies on the Qinghai -Tibet railway line: a 1956 km long rail link, which begins in Xining and ends in Lhasa. The Golmud - Lhasa section of 1142 km was built as a last resort and was associated with the greatest technical effort part of the route. After five years of construction, the Lhasa Railway started on 1 July 2006 on the operation.

Administrative Divisions

Due to the vast area of the administrative area of the city of Golmud government three administrative committees below the county level (副 县级 行政 委员会) has established that are still on the community level. At the community level, Golmud sets of five road districts, two large municipalities and two communities together.

  • Administration Committee Dongchengqu (东城 区 行政 委员会= eastern urban area ), based on the resolution of the provincial government on August 9, 2001, which was implemented on January 1, 2004; includes eastern and southern urban area, Area: 49220.59 km ², 78,000 inhabitants ( end of 2004): Road district Kunlunlu (昆仑 路 街道), 17 km ², 35,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
  • Road district Huanghelu (黄河 路 街道), 29.5 km ², 32,000 inhabitants;
  • Greater community Dangla (唐古拉山 镇), 47479.09 km ² ( today the area is often given as " over 57,000 km ² " ), approximately 9,000 people, of whom over 60 % of Tibetans, Mongols almost 2%; the village is located separately from other administrative area Haixis directly on the northern border of Tibet;
  • Community Dagur (大 格勒 乡), 1695 km ², 2,000 inhabitants, predominantly Han;
  • Road district Jinfenglu (金峰 路 街道), 8.5 km ², 13,000 inhabitants;
  • Road Hexi District (河西 街道), 8.5 km ², 22,000 inhabitants;
  • Road district Xizanglu (西藏 路 街道), 8.5 km ², 44,000 inhabitants;
  • Greater community Golmud (郭 勒 木 德 镇), 26198.47 km ², about 6,000 inhabitants, mostly Han, about 6% Mongols;
  • Community Urtmorin (乌 图 美 仁 乡), 34517.12 km ², about 2,000 people, mostly Han, about 16 % Mongols, Hui about 8%;
  • Qairhan has no subdivisions at the community level.

Ethnic structure of the population Golmuds (2000)

At the census in the year 2000 135.897 inhabitants were counted in Golmud.

Twinning

36.40277777777894.904166666667Koordinaten: 36 ° 24 'N, 94 ° 54 ' E

Independent Cities: Delhi ( Delingha ) - Golmud ( Ge'ermu )

Circles: Dulan - Têmqên - Ulan ( Wulan )

Administration Committee: Da Qaidam (roof Aidan ) - Lenghu - Mangnai

  • Place in Qinghai
  • District-free city (China)
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