Chengguan, Huangyuan County
Chengguan
城关镇 | |
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Town | |
Dan Gar Ancient Town | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′17″N 101°15′28″E / 36.68806°N 101.25778°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Xining |
| County | Huangyuan |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 43,871 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Chengguan | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 城關 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 城关 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bordertown | ||||||||
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| Huangyuan | |||||||||
| Chinese | 湟源 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Source of Huang River | ||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 丹噶爾 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 丹噶尔 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | སྟོང་འཁོར | ||||||||
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| Xiancheng | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 縣城 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 县城 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | County Town | ||||||||
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| Zhongshan | |||||||||
| Chinese | 中山 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Mountain (i.e., Sun Yat-sen) | ||||||||
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| Huangyang | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 湟陽 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 湟阳 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sunny Side of the Huang River | ||||||||
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Chengguan, also known as Huangyuan and by other names, is a town on the Huangshui River in Qinghai, China. It serves as the seat of Huangyuan County, lying about 45 km (28 mi) upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xining and approximately 45 km (28 mi) east of Qinghai Lake. Chengguan has a 600-year history as a frontier trading post between the Chinese, Mongolian, and Tibetan cultural spheres.