Guanting

Guanting is a town in eastern province, China. It is located in the southeast of Minhe County and, together with Guanting, Zhongchuan, Xiakou, Gangou and Xin'er townships, is referred to as the Guanting Area.
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  • Type: Town with 15,800 residents
  • Description: town in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China
  • Also known as: Guanting Zhen”, “Guanting, Minhe County”, “Kuan-t’ing”, and “官亭

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lajia.

Archaeological site
is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, on the border between the Chinese provinces of and . As at other sites of the Qijia culture, the people of had an agricultural economy based primarily on millet cultivation and sheep herding.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dahejia and Xing’er Township.

Town
Town is a town under , in , . It is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, bordering province on what can be considered the boundary between the and the Tibetan Plateau. is situated 6 km southwest of Guanting.

Town
Xing'ar Tibetan Township or Xing'er Township, is an ethnic township in , , , . In 2010, Xing'ar Township had a total population of 4,088: 2,074 males and 2,074 females: 1,057 aged under 14, 2,782 aged between 15 and 65 and 249 aged over 65. is situated 8 km west of Guanting.

Guanting

Latitude
35.87454° or 35° 52′ 28″ north
Longitude
102.79915° or 102° 47′ 57″ east
Population
15,800
Elevation
1,841 metres (6,040 feet)
Open location code
8P74VQFX+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1195112052
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1809750
Wiki­data ID
Q5613831
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Guanting” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Guanting, Minhe County
  • Cebuano: Guanting (kapital sa baranggay sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Qinghai Sheng, lat 35,88, long 102,80)
  • Cebuano: Guanting
  • Chinese: 官亭镇 (民和回族土族自治县)
  • Chinese: 官亭镇
  • Gan Chinese: 官亭镇
  • Japanese: 官亭鎮
  • Swedish: Guanting
  • Vietnamese: Đại Danh
  • Wu Chinese: 官亭镇

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