Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County
Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大通回族土族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大通回族土族自治縣; pinyin: Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn;Tibetan: གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་།; Xiao'erjing: دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is an autonomous county of Hui and Tu peoples in Qinghai Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai.
"Mount Laoye" as seen from Datong
Datong County
大通县 • གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | |
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| 大通回族土族自治县 · دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County | |
 Looking west over Datong town from Mt Laoye | |
.png.webp) Location of the county (red) in Xining City (yellow) and Qinghai | |
 Location of Datong | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Xining |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,159.7 km2 (1,220.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,442 m (8,012 ft) |
| Population | 435,937 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Since 2009 a folk music "Flower Festival" has been held annually in late July on "Mount Laoye" (2928 m) in Datong town.[1]
Transportation
- China National Highway 227
- Xining–Datong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)
- Xining–Datong Railway (Ningda Railway, 宁大铁路), a 39-km long dead-end railway branch constructed in 1966-1968 and primarily serving a local coal mine. In the past, passenger service operated on that line, but ceased in 2008.
- Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; 36.966168°N 101.672054°E), opened in December 2014. Very limited service.
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