The provincial capital of Qinghai Province is Xining City, and Delingha is the seat of the state government of Haixi Prefecture and the second county-level city in Qinghai Province. Delingha City is the capital of Hainan Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. Delingha is Mongolian, meaning "vast wilderness". It is the political, economic and cultural center of the whole state and an important transportation hub and commodity distribution center in western Qinghai.
Delingha City is rich in various resources. There are 16 varieties of mineral resources and 65 mineral deposits that have been proven, including 2 large-scale mineral deposits, namely the limestone and coking coal mines in Wanggaxiu, with reserves of All are above 200 million tons. The rest include iron, manganese, copper, tungsten, gold, boron, marble, turquoise, crystal stone, mica, graphite, gypsum and other minerals. Currently, coal, limestone, clay, There are more than 10 kinds of gold, lead, copper, etc. The main wild animal and plant resources include leopard, bear, musk deer, wild yak, wild ass, gazelle, stone sheep, snow chicken and sea buckthorn, wolfberry, Cynomorium cynomorium, rhubarb, Qiang Huo, etc. All have high economic and medicinal value.
Delinghadong is adjacent to Tianjun and Wulan counties. It borders Dachaidan Town to the west, Subei County of Gansu Province to the north, and Dulan County to the south. The maximum straight-line distance from east to west is about 215 kilometers, and the maximum distance from north to south is about 240 kilometers. The total area is 32,401 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 25 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 5 townships: Chuji, Zongwulanghuaitoutala, Gobi and Guolimu.
There are also 4 state-owned agricultural areas in the jurisdiction: Delingha, Gahai, Huatou Tala, and Bayinhe. At the end of 1999, it had a population of 56,500, and there were 19 ethnic groups in the country, including a few The ethnic population accounts for 21%. Delingha City has a vast territory and complex topography, forming a landform with mountains, rivers, basins and lakes. Zongwulong Mountain runs east to west and is the main mountain range that traverses the central part of the city. It is also a watershed that divides the city into There are two major types of landforms: the Qilian Mountains alpine landform in the north and the Delingha Basin landform in the south. The north is divided into two geographical units: the high mountain area and the Hala Lake Basin. The high mountainous areas are dominated by Danghenan Mountain and Shulenan Mountain, with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. In many places, snow remains all year round.
The Hala Lake Basin is a plateau alpine tectonic basin. The lowest point is Hala Lake, with an altitude of 4,076.8 meters. Except for a few places with water and grass in the valleys, which can be used by nomads for a short period of time in summer, the entire high mountainous area of ??Qilian Mountains is currently not usable by humans. The basin in the southern part of Zongwulong Mountain is the Delingha Basin, which is part of the Qaidam Basin. It is a closed-flow barrier or depression-type basin. It is mainly composed of two twisted pincer-shaped blocks, Oulongbuluke and Yakniushan, and several lakes in between. Basin composition. It is high in the north and low in the south, with a general slope of 0.02%-0.05%, an altitude between 2800 meters and 3200 meters, and an average altitude of 2981.5 meters. Delingha City is located on the northeastern edge of the Qaidam Basin, with an average altitude of 2,980 meters. The urban area is 514 kilometers east of the provincial capital Xining and 387 kilometers southwest of Golmud City.