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Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai . Haixi has an Area of 325,785 Km&2 and its Capital is Delingha . The placename literally means "west of the Qinghai Lake ." The Geladandong Mountain (the source of the Yangtze River ) is located here. DEMOGRAPHICS With censuses in the year 2000 , Haixi has 332,094 inhabitants (population density had: 1.02 per km&2). HISTORY After 1949, the People's Government of Dulan County was founded and the area was renamed Dulan Autonomous District (都兰自治区); in 1954, Dulan was renamed Haixi Mongol and Kazakh Autonomous District (海西蒙藏哈萨克族自治区) and in 1955, Haixi Mongol and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (自治州). In 1963, it was renamed Haixi Mongol, Tibetan and Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙古族藏族哈萨克族自治州). In 1984, after the Kazakhs had returned to Xinjiang, it was again renamed Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. 海西州 (青海省民政厅网站). For details, see: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 (行政区划网站). ETHNIC GROUPS IN HAIXI, 2000 CENSUS SUBDIVISIONS Haixi directly governs 2 County-level Cities and 3 Counties .Names according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997), ISBN 7-5031-1718-4. Population and area figures according to 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 (行政区划网站). FURTHER READING
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