Haixi

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is in Qinghai Province. It is located in the western portion of Qinghai Province, in the north of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the west of Qinghai Lake, thus getting the name "Haixi"(“xi” means west). The prefecture neighbors Gansu in the north and Xinjiang in the west. It is approximately 514 kilometers (319 miles) from the capital city of Qinghai, Xining.

Haixi is large. Covering an area of 325,800 square kilometers, it takes up nearly half of the Qinghai Prov...