All five ethnic minority areas have implemented regional autonomy, and six autonomous prefectures and seven autonomous counties have been established successively, including five Tibetan autonomous prefectures (Yushu, Guoluo, Hainan, Haibei and Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefectures), Mongolian Tibetan autonomous prefectures 1 each (Haixi Mongolian Tibetan autonomous prefecture), Tu autonomous counties 1 each (mutual assistance Tu autonomous counties) and Salars/kloc-.
2 Hui Autonomous Counties (Hualong and Menyuan Hui Autonomous Counties), 2 Hui and Tu Autonomous Counties (Minhe and Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous Counties), Mongolian Autonomous Counties 1 each (Henan Mongolian Autonomous County). The area of autonomous areas accounts for 98% of the total area of 720,000 square kilometers in the province, and the population of ethnic minorities in regional autonomous areas accounts for 8 1.55% of the population of ethnic minorities in the province. In addition, there are 28 ethnic townships in the province.
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Qinghai is located in the northwest inland of China, with 3136 ′-3919 ′ north latitude and 89 35 ′-103 04 ′ east longitude. It borders Gansu in the north and east, Xinjiang in the northwest, Tibet in the south and southwest, and Sichuan in the southeast, with a total area of 72.
The topography of Qinghai Province is generally high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and south, and low in the middle. The altitude in the west is steep, and it inclines to the east, showing a step-like decline. The eastern region is the transition zone from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Loess Plateau, with complex topography and diverse landforms.
The landforms in Qinghai Province are complex and diverse. More than four-fifths of the area is plateau, with mountains in the east and plateaus and basins in the west. It has three landforms: the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the inland arid basin and the Loess Plateau, and belongs to the continental climate of the plateau, spanning the four major water systems of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Lancang River and the Heihe River.
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