Dobi Tibetan Township
道纬藏族乡 རྡོ་སྦིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་། Daowei | |
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Coordinates: 35°39′0″N 102°38′40″E / 35.65000°N 102.64444°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Prefecture-level city | Haidong |
Autonomous County | Xunhua |
Administrative villages | 27 |
Area | |
• Total | 606.7 km2 (234.2 sq mi) |
Population (2018)
[2] | |
• Total | 13,614 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Local dialing code | 972 |
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township ( Tibetan: རྡོ་སྦིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།, simplified Chinese: 道帏藏族乡; traditional Chinese: 道幃藏族鄉; pinyin: Dàowéi Zàngzú Xiāng) or Daowei Township, is an ethnic township in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong, Qinghai, China. The ethnic township is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the southeast of the autonomous county's seat of government. [1] Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township spans an area of 606.7 square kilometres (234.2 sq mi), [1] and has a hukou population of 13,614 people as of 2018. [2]
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township is located within the southeast of Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, [1] within the prefecture-level city of Haidong. The ethnic township is largely mountainous, with an average elevation of 2,620 metres (8,600 ft) above sea level, and grassy mountains covering 880,000 mu of Dobi. [1] The ethnic township has 32,900 mu of arable land. [1]
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township administers 27 administrative villages ( Chinese: 行政村; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Cūn), and 34 natural villages ( Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: Zìrán Cūn), [1] [2] although the latter have no formal status. The ethnic township's 27 administrative villages are as follows: [3]
As of 2018, Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township has a population of 13,614 people. [2]
In 2010, the ethnic township had a total population of 11,635 people: 5,774 males and 5,861 females: 2,868 under 14 years old, 7,836 aged between 15 and 64 and 931 over 65 years old. [4]
Tibetans comprise the main population group in the ethnic township, although there are also sizeable Salar, Hui, and Han populations. [1]
The ethnic township has a memorial hall devoted to Tibetan religious teacher and politician Geshe Sherab Gyatso, [1] who was born in the area.
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township claims to be the origin of two styles of Tibetan ethnic drumming: Chi Drumming ( Chinese: 螭鼓舞; pinyin: Chī Gǔwǔ) and Xia'erqun Drumming ( simplified Chinese: 夏尔群鼓舞; traditional Chinese: 夏爾群鼓舞; pinyin: Xià'ěrqún Gǔwǔ). [1] Chi Drumming is included in the Chinese government's List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representatives , whereas Xia'erqun Drumming is included in the Qinghai provincial Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage List. [1]
Dobi Tibetan Township
道纬藏族乡 རྡོ་སྦིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་། Daowei | |
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Coordinates: 35°39′0″N 102°38′40″E / 35.65000°N 102.64444°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Prefecture-level city | Haidong |
Autonomous County | Xunhua |
Administrative villages | 27 |
Area | |
• Total | 606.7 km2 (234.2 sq mi) |
Population (2018)
[2] | |
• Total | 13,614 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Local dialing code | 972 |
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township ( Tibetan: རྡོ་སྦིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།, simplified Chinese: 道帏藏族乡; traditional Chinese: 道幃藏族鄉; pinyin: Dàowéi Zàngzú Xiāng) or Daowei Township, is an ethnic township in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong, Qinghai, China. The ethnic township is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the southeast of the autonomous county's seat of government. [1] Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township spans an area of 606.7 square kilometres (234.2 sq mi), [1] and has a hukou population of 13,614 people as of 2018. [2]
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township is located within the southeast of Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, [1] within the prefecture-level city of Haidong. The ethnic township is largely mountainous, with an average elevation of 2,620 metres (8,600 ft) above sea level, and grassy mountains covering 880,000 mu of Dobi. [1] The ethnic township has 32,900 mu of arable land. [1]
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township administers 27 administrative villages ( Chinese: 行政村; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Cūn), and 34 natural villages ( Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: Zìrán Cūn), [1] [2] although the latter have no formal status. The ethnic township's 27 administrative villages are as follows: [3]
As of 2018, Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township has a population of 13,614 people. [2]
In 2010, the ethnic township had a total population of 11,635 people: 5,774 males and 5,861 females: 2,868 under 14 years old, 7,836 aged between 15 and 64 and 931 over 65 years old. [4]
Tibetans comprise the main population group in the ethnic township, although there are also sizeable Salar, Hui, and Han populations. [1]
The ethnic township has a memorial hall devoted to Tibetan religious teacher and politician Geshe Sherab Gyatso, [1] who was born in the area.
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township claims to be the origin of two styles of Tibetan ethnic drumming: Chi Drumming ( Chinese: 螭鼓舞; pinyin: Chī Gǔwǔ) and Xia'erqun Drumming ( simplified Chinese: 夏尔群鼓舞; traditional Chinese: 夏爾群鼓舞; pinyin: Xià'ěrqún Gǔwǔ). [1] Chi Drumming is included in the Chinese government's List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representatives , whereas Xia'erqun Drumming is included in the Qinghai provincial Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage List. [1]