Lenghu Town, Mangya City, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Lenghu town

Lenghu town is located in Mangya City, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. It is named after Hutong Nuoer Lake (Mongolian: extremely cold lake) and is one of the important mining areas in China.

Lenghu is located in the border area of Qinghai, Xinjiang and Gansu, and in the northwest edge of Qaidam Basin. It is adjacent to Dachaidan Administrative Region in the East, Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County in Gansu Province in the north, and Ruoqiang County in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang in the northwest, with a total area of 18000 square kilometers and a population of 24000 (2007).

Evolution of organizational system

Lenghu used to be a no man's land, originally under the jurisdiction of Dulan county. It began construction after the discovery of oil in 1954, and set up Lenghu office directly under the central government of Qaidam Administrative Committee in 1957. Qinghai Petroleum Administration Bureau moved to Lenghu in 1959. In 1959, Lenghu City Working Committee (county-level administrative region) was established. In 1960, Lenghu city was established. In 1964, it was demoted to a town. Mahai area was under the leadership of Lenghu town and directly under the jurisdiction of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In 1992, he was promoted to the Executive Council. In 1993, Lenghu town was restored.

geographical environment

Lenghu town is located in the Gobi desert in the north of Qinghai Province and the south of Altun mountain. It is located in the northern margin of Qaidam Basin, with an average altitude of 2733 meters. It has a plateau continental climate with an average annual temperature of 2-3 ℃ and little precipitation. It is an extremely dry area in China. The natural conditions are bad. It is cold and windy all year round, with little rain and drought, and a large number of Yadan landforms are developed.

natural resources

Oil is the main mineral resource, in addition to Muscovite, mirabilite, salt, potassium chloride and lithium chloride. Cold lake in Qinghai and Xingxing gorge in Xinjiang have more than 3500 hours of sunshine, with more than 80% of sunshine. They are the places with the most sunshine in Asia, ranking third in the world (after the Sahara desert and the Andes in South America).

Population nationality

There are mainly Han, Tibetan and other nationalities. Jurisdiction 1 Community: Xinghu street community. According to the fifth census in 2000, Lenghu town has a total population of 2185. At the end of 2003, the total population was 21000.

Economic transportation

Mining industry is the pillar of economy, especially oil exploitation. It is a new oil industry base in Qinghai Province, including electric power, machine repair, automobile repair, oxygen production and small-scale salt chemical industry. In 2007, the GDP of the whole region was 4.48 billion yuan. Jianchaleng road is the end of the road, which is connected with Dunhuang City, Mangya town and Golmud City. In addition, the University of science and technology of China has built a large field of view Sky Survey Telescope nearby.

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