Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province and the center of politics, economy, culture, education, science and education, transportation and communication. The resident population of the city is 2153,600, an increase of 1.24%, including urban population of1292,400 and rural population of 86 1200. Among the permanent residents, the urban population is 1.076438+0.700. The birth rate is 1 1.98‰, the mortality rate is 4.37‰, the natural population growth rate is 7.6 1‰, and the planned fertility rate is 98.77%. It has jurisdiction over four districts in the east, middle, west and north, and three counties in Datong, Huangzhong and Huangyuan. And Xining (National) Economic and Technological Development Zone, Chengnan New District and Hu Hai New District under construction. Xining is located in the confrontation between the north and south mountains in Hehuang Valley of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, belonging to Qilian Mountain System, and Huangshui River, a tributary of the Yellow River, runs through the urban area from west to east. The total area of the city is 7665 square kilometers, the urban area is 350 square kilometers and the built-up area is 75 square kilometers. The urban area is 226 1 m, the annual average precipitation is 380mm, the evaporation is1363.6mm, the annual average sunshine is1939.7hr, the annual average temperature is 7.6C, the highest temperature is 34.6C, and the lowest temperature is-18.9C, which belongs to the semi-arid climate of the mainland plateau. The average temperature in summer is 17- 19 degrees Celsius, and the climate is pleasant. It is a summer resort and is called "the summer capital of China". Xining has a long history. During the Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, Hehuang area was the center of the ancient Qiang people. In the second year of Yuan Shou in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 12 1), General Huo Qubing set up Xiping Pavilion here. Xihai County was established in the 19th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 2 14). Shanshan County was established in the early Tang Dynasty (AD 6 19) and became a transit point between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Central Plains. The Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty called Qing Tang Cheng, the capital of Tubo, and became the capital of trade and transportation between east and west, which flourished for a while. In the third year of Song Chongning (A.D. 1 104), Song Jun entered Tang Cheng in Qing Dynasty, and was renamed Xining House (the name of Xihe means peace), with Longyou as its capital. In the third year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1725), Xining Prefecture moved. Xining Road 19 14 was established. 1926, the road was cancelled and changed to Xining administrative region, with Xining as the chief executive. 1946 Xining changed its county into a city and became the capital of Qinghai province. 1On September 5, 949, Xining was liberated and remained as the provincial capital. Xining is a typical immigrant city, where many nationalities gather and many religions coexist. Xining, located at the junction of Loess Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, agricultural area and animal husbandry area, and Chinese culture and Tibetan culture, is the only central city in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with a population of over one million, with an immigrant population of 6.5438+0 million. There are 34 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Tibetan, Turkish, Mongolian and Salar, including 54 ethnic minorities. 360,000 people, accounting for 25.55% of the total population. Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Christianity and Catholicism coexist, and Tibetan Buddhism and Islam have far-reaching influence. Ta 'er Temple is one of the six largest Tibetan Buddhist temples in China, and Dongguan Mosque is one of the four largest mosques in northwest China. All ethnic groups work together and help each other, writing a glorious history of development, creating brilliant achievements, giving Xining the humanistic spirit of stringing wealth, and making Xining show an inclusive, hardworking and open face. Innovating urban cultural characteristics Xining is the only place where the ancient Silk Road South Road and the Tang-Fan Ancient Road pass. Since ancient times, it has been a transportation hub and military center in the northwest, and is known as the "throat of the sea". With the development of western China and the acceleration of modern transportation construction, a transportation network with Xining as the center and radiating the whole province has been formed. National highways 3 15 and 109 run through the whole territory, and expressway and first-class highways extend in all directions, and railways extend in all directions, with a total track-laying mileage of 1300 km. The completion and opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has made Xining the central hub of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Railway. The passenger throughput of Xining Airport is increasing at an annual rate of 33%, and it has been opened to major cities in China. "Lan -Xi- La" (Lanzhou-Xining-Lhasa) communication optical cable project has connected telephone communication to all parts of the country and dozens of countries around the world. Xining is an excellent tourist city in China and an advanced city in landscaping in China. With the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the proposal of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to build Qinghai into a famous tourist province, we will continue to explore and develop tourism resources and actively expand the tourism brand of "Sailing by Heaven and Road, Summer Capital of China, Healthy Journey". A tourist circle with a radius of two hours' drive from downtown Xining has been formed. Ten excellent tourist routes, such as those around Qinghai Lake, the source of the Yellow River, the ancient Tang-Fan Road, the religious pilgrimage, the roof of the world and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which have been opened or are being opened, will be used to fully display the famous natural and cultural landscapes such as Ta 'er Temple, Qinghai Lake, atomic city and Sun Moon Mountain and the ethnic customs and cultures rich in the charm of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. According to the classification of altitude, the middle altitude of 2000-2500 meters has the function of strengthening the body. There are four main aspects: first, enhance people's endurance; Second, it is beneficial to lose weight and lose weight without hurting the body; The third is to increase the microvessel energy in the body; The fourth is to promote cardiopulmonary vitality. According to statistics, the prevalence of hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, mortality, emphysema, arthritis and wet weight of women in Xining area is lower than the national average. At the same time, due to the influence of hypoxia, low temperature and humidity and purple infrared rays in the atmosphere, the survival, reproduction and spread of many bacteria and germs are relatively weakened, and the stimulation of hypoxia on red blood cell metabolism is conducive to the exchange of oxygen in the body. The State General Administration of Sport has built the Doba National Plateau Sports Training Base in Huangzhong County, Xining, where famous athletes such as Wang Liping, Wang and Sun Yingjie have trained before the competition. Xining is an inland open city determined by the State Council, and has established economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchange relations with many cities and regions at home and abroad. Festivals such as "Yu Shuxiang Festival", "Youth Fair" and "International Road Cycling Race Around Qinghai Lake" held in Xining every year have further expanded the popularity and influence of "China Summer Capital". Xining relies on Qinghai's abundant plateau animal and plant resources, natural mineral resources and hydropower resources, conscientiously implements Scientific Outlook on Development, takes the development of circular economy as the direction, bases on the comprehensive utilization of resources and the extension of industrial chain, and cultivates industrial clusters with complementary development advantages, unique characteristics and mutual cooperation. Further expand reform and opening up, pay attention to investment environment construction, project construction and attracting investment, and constantly promote sound and rapid economic and social development. In 2007, the city's qualified afforestation area was 94,300 mu, including 26,700 mu of returning farmland to forests. 25 1.72 million trees were planted sporadically, and the nursery area this year is 0.34 million mu. Rural infrastructure continued to improve, and comprehensive production capacity was further improved. At the end of the year, the total power of agricultural machinery reached1287,200 kilowatts, an increase of 1.96%. Industrial economic benefits continued to improve. In 2007, the comprehensive index of industrial economic benefits was 245.05, an increase of 30. 19 percentage points; Realized the main business income of 3,465,438+47 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 52.23%; The profit was 3.283 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.46%. Tourism has developed rapidly. The total number of domestic tourists received by tourism in the whole year was 6.859 million, an increase of 3.765438+02%; The number of inbound tourists was 33,400, a year-on-year increase of 16.27%. The total tourism revenue was 3.095 billion yuan, up 42.33%, of which, foreign exchange income from tourism was10155,000 USD, up 246 1%. Healthy development of health undertakings. At the end of the year, there were 45 medical and health institutions in the city, including 52 hospitals. 9589 health technicians, including 3594 doctors; The number of beds in health institutions is 9 165. There are 4.48 health technicians per thousand people. In 2007, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 10636 yuan, an increase of13.94%; The per capita net income of farmers was 3,398 yuan, an increase of 15. 14%. The city's GDP was 34.309 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+05.3% over the previous year, 0.8 percentage points faster at comparable prices. Per capita GDP 16029 yuan, calculated at comparable prices, increased by 13.8%. Xining has a high priority in the province. The population accounts for 38.84% of the province, and the GDP accounts for 43.93% of the province. The city's fixed assets investment 178.9 1 billion yuan, an increase of 26.85% over the previous year. Among them, the municipal government's investment in fixed assets13186 million yuan, an increase of 3.786438+0%. The local general budget revenue accounts for 33.5% of the province, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods accounts for 66.35% of the province. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, we proposed to take Scientific Outlook on Development as the guide and build a harmonious society as the goal, and build Xining into an entrepreneurial city with excellent investment environment, a livable city with good ecology, a pioneer city of reform and opening up, a city with rich cultural connotations, and a harmonious and stable central city of regional modernization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province, which means "peace in the west" and the east gate of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its geographical location is very important, and it was called "the lock of the West Sea" in ancient times. The province's political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological, transportation center, the main industrial base. It is located in the valley basin in the middle reaches of Huangshui River in the east of the province, with geographical coordinates of10149'17 "and 36 34' 3" north latitude. The total area is 7665 square kilometers, of which 350 square kilometers are municipal districts. The total population is 2 127300, and the urbanization rate is 59.59%. Resident of the Municipal People's Government: Nanguan Street, Chengzhong District, with postal code of 8 10000. Code: 630 100. Area code: 097 1. Pinyin: Xi Ning Xining is located in the Huangshui River Basin in the east of Qinghai Province, with an altitude of 226 1 m. It is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the province. Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province, the center of politics, economy, science and technology, culture and transportation, with a long history and culture, unique natural resources and colorful folk customs. It is a bright pearl on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Xining is located in the east of Qinghai, on the upper reaches of Huangshui River, a tributary of the Yellow River, surrounded by mountains, at the intersection of three rivers, bordering the east gate of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Geographical coordinates are north latitude10149'17 ". The terrain is inclined from north to south, high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and long and narrow in the east and west, shaped like a flat boat. Huangshui and its tributaries, Nanchuan River and Beichuan River, meet in the urban area from the west, south and north, and flow eastward through the urban area. The highest altitude in Xining is 4394 meters, and the urban area is 226 1 meter. It belongs to the semi-arid climate of continental plateau. It is characterized by low air pressure, long sunshine, little rain, large evaporation, strong solar radiation, large temperature difference between day and night, short frost-free period, long freezing period, no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. It is a natural summer resort and is known as the "Summer Capital". Xining, called Huangzhong in ancient times, is an ancient plateau city with a history of more than 2 100 years. Xining used to be the base of Zhao Chongguo, the general of the Western Han Dynasty, the main road of Qinghai Road on the Silk Road, the important town connecting the Central Plains and the western frontier, and the only pass of the "Tang-Fan Ancient Road" in history. Today, Xining is the end of Lanzhou-Qinghai Railway, the starting point of Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Qinghai-Tibet Highway, and it is still a transportation hub leading to the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Xining is surrounded by mountains and has a pleasant climate. There is no cold in winter and no heat in summer. It has a plateau semi-arid climate, with an average annual temperature of 4.9℃, with the highest of 3 1℃ and the lowest of-18℃. The annual precipitation is 379 mm, the summer breeze is breezy and the autumn air is crisp. This is a natural summer resort. Xining, as a famous historical and cultural city and a tourist city, has many places of interest. The main attractions are Beishan Temple, Dongguan Mosque and Ma Bufang Mansion. Taer Temple in Huangzhong County is a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, and the famous Qinghai Lake is far from Xining 15 1 km. Xining has an urban area of 350 square kilometers, a built-up area of 75 square kilometers and a population of 1 10,000. It is a city inhabited by Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu, Tu and Salar nationalities, and ethnic minorities account for 23% of the city's total population. Especially for the Hui and Tibetan people, this is a good place to appreciate ethnic customs.