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Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Region Guide

-Travel to Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Region

In the southeastern part of Qinghai Province, bordering Gansu Province, there is a area called Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous. The population here is only 0.26 million and it covers an area of 18800 square kilometers. There are 15 minority ethnic groups including Tibetans, Hui, Mongols, and Tu, living here. Tibetans, Mongols and Hui account for 65.9%, 13.5% and 7.9% of the total population, respectively.

The climate here is different ranging from low altitude to high altitude. It has a complex continental plateau climate with significant geographical differences. The temperatures here is between 4-8°C. The features of climate: hot rainy season, dry season difference is obvious; insufficient heat, short frost free period.The main means of transportation in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous is highways. There are provincial highways connecting Huangnan with outside regions and counties under jurisdiction of the region.  It is not accessible by railways and airports.Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous is rich in metal resource like gold, silver, copper, zinc and arsenic.There are more than 60 rivers running through the prefecture with theoretical hydro-energy amounting to 2.6 million kw. Huangnan is also replete with cultural landmarks and natural scenery. Tourists should visit Kanbula National Forest Park, the Lijiaxia power station dam and reservoir area, Tongren Historical and Cultural City, and Maixiu Primeval Forest.


Huangnan has a long history, ethnic flavor, rich tourism resources in the humanities. Quanzhou natural scenery has 8, of which 2 sites are classified as provincial and state level, small sites 6. Humanities landscape 63, which listed as the provincial level scenic spots 16, 47 State level scenic spots. Composite landscape 6. These tourist attractions in the state from the north to the south, mainly Danxia landform Kanbula national Forest Park, dam and reservoir scenery Lijiaxia hydropower, which has 670 years history of Nanzong nun temple, building large-scale, long history is listed as national key cultural relics protection units of Longwu temple, maixiu forest scenery beautiful, clear and sweet fresh Henan County Lake and deep strange fairy cave, the domestic rare Zeku county and the stone walls, and the mountain and snow gleams white. Flowers bloom in the vast grassland. These tourist attractions from the north to the south, even as first-line, tourism line forming characteristics, along with the development of various attractions, Huang Nanzhou will become the province following the Qinghai Lake, Kumbum Monastery after the third largest tourist area. Autonomous Prefecture is rich in tourism resources, high culture grade, Qinghai province is one of the key tourist attractions, the main natural and human landscape: Jianzha County Cambra National Forest Park, Lijiaxia Hydropower Station Dam and reservoir scenery, be well-known, far and near Tongren Historical and cultural city , Regong Art And income Big big world Guinness record large scroll painting "China Tibetan culture and art grand painting," the Tibetan Buddhist temple Longwu Temple , Southern nun Temple Maixiu, virgin forest scenery, Zeku And on the stone wall , Henan The fairy cave Lake And the southern grassland scenery.

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