Qinghai (help·info) (Chinese: 青海; pinyin: Qīnghǎi; Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་; Salar: Göxdeñiz Velayat; Mongolian; Köke Naɣur) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. It borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest.
Qinghai was only relatively recently made a province of China. A large part of the area, historicall...
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Qinghai (help·info) (Chinese: 青海; pinyin: Qīnghǎi; Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་; Salar: Göxdeñiz Velayat; Mongolian; Köke Naɣur) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. It borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest.
Qinghai was only relatively recently made a province of China. A large part of the area, historically called Kokonor/ Koknor in English until the early 20th century, lies outside of China proper and has been an ethnic melting pot for centuries, mixing Tibetan, Han Chinese, Mongol, and Turkic influences. It was a battleground during the Tang and subsequent Chinese dynasties when they fought against successive Tibetan dynasties.
Qinghai was under early Ming dynasty control.
Prior to 1724, most of the area that is now Qinghai was under Tibetan control, but in that year it was conquered by the armies of the Qing Dynasty. Following the defeat of...
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