Ledu District

Ledu District (Chinese: 乐都区) is a district of the city of Haidong, Qinghai province, China. Nearby are Ping'an District and the city of Xining. Ledu used to be named Nianbo county before 1929. The county dates back to 1724.[1] On 8 February 2013 Ledu was upgraded from a county into a district.

Ledu
乐都区
District
Qutan Si Monastery
Qutan Si Monastery
Location of Ledu District (red) in Haidong City (yellow) and Qinghai province
Location of Ledu District (red) in Haidong City (yellow) and Qinghai province
Coordinates: 36°31′N 102°25′E
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Prefecture-level cityHaidong
SeatNianbo Subdistrict
Area
 • Total3,050 km2 (1,180 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total240,949
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.ledu.gov.cn
Ledu District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乐都区
Traditional Chinese樂都區
Tibetan name
Tibetanགྲོ་ཚང་ཁུལ།

Ledu District is served by the G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway.

Subdivisions

Ledu District is divided into 2 subdistricts, 6 towns, 9 townships, and 3 ethnic townships:

  • Nianbo Subdistrict (碾伯街道)
  • Ganggou Subdistrict (岗沟街道)
  • Yurun Town (雨润镇)
  • Shoule Town (寿乐镇)
  • Gaomiao Town (高庙镇)
  • Hongshui Town (洪水镇)
  • Gaodian Town (高店镇)
  • Qutan Town (瞿昙镇)
  • Gonghe Township (共和乡)
  • Zhongling Township (中岭乡)
  • Lijia Township (李家乡)
  • Luhua Township (芦花乡)
  • Maying Township (马营乡)
  • Machang Township (马厂乡)
  • Putai Township (蒲台乡)
  • Fengdui Township (峰堆乡)
  • Chengtai Township (城台乡)
  • Zongtar Tibetan Ethnic Township (下营乡, ཙོང་ཐར་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
  • Zhungba Tibetan Ethnic Township (中坝乡, ཀྲུང་པ་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
  • Dara Tu Ethnic Township (达拉乡)

See also

References
  1. Ger Postiglione (1999). China's National Minority Education: Culture, Schooling, and Development. Vol. 42 of Garland reference library of social science: Reference books in international education. Psychology Press. p. 380. ISBN 0815322232. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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