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People (ethnic groups)

Nearly half the population in Qinghai Province is comprised of several different ethnic minority people. The main ethnic groups are listed below.

Tibetan nationality               Population in China: 5,416,021 (in 2005); currently ~1,085,000 in Qinghai province

Hui nationality                        Population in China: 9,816,802 (in 2005); currently ~830,000 in Qinghai province

Tu nationality                          Population in China: 241,198 (in 2005); currently ~200,000 in Qinghai province

Mongolian nationality          Population in China: 5,813,947 (in 2005)

Salar nationality                      Population in China: 104,503 (in 2005)

Kazak nationality                    Population in China: 1,250,000 (in 2005)

 

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The population census data for 2000 and 2010 for Qinghai Province are available here. Prefecture and provincial level population information is also given below.

	Administrative units	Chinese name		Area (sq.km.)	Pop. 2000	Pop. 2010
Source: Qinghai Statistical Information Network Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China Note: The population totalled 4,456,946 at the 1990-07-01 census Note: Mengguzu = Mongolian, Zangzu = Tibetan, Shi = City, Diqu = Prefecture, Zizhizhou = Autonomous Prefecture
	Xining Shi	西宁市		7,472	1,849,713	2,208,708
	Haidong Diqu	海东地区		13,161	1,391,565	1,396,846
	Haibei Zangzu Zizhizhou	海北藏族自治州		39,354	258,922	273,304
	Huangnan Zangzu Zizhizhou	黄南藏族自治州		17,921	214,642	256,716
	Hainan Zangzu Zizhizhou	海南藏族自治州		45,895	375,426	441,689
	Guoluo Zangzu Zizhizhou	果洛藏族自治州		76,312	137,940	181,682
	Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou	玉树藏族自治州		188,794	262,661	378,439
	Haixi Mengguzu Zangzu Zizhizhou	海西蒙古族藏族自治州		325,785	332,094	489,338
		TOTAL POPULATION		716,693	4,822,963	5,626,722