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Also known as Mang'ai, Mangya

Mangnai, also known as '''Mang'ai''', is a county-level city in the northwest of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Xinjiang to the north and west. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the most remote cities in China, the closest other city, Ruoqiang, is located away. In 2020 it had a population of 18856. The name Mangnai is based on the Mongolian word for 'forehead'.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Mangnai
Settlement.other_name
Mang'ai
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code
Settlement.settlement_type
County-level city
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茫崖 冷湖镇入口.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Entrance of Lenghu Town
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Location of Mangya within Qinghai (China).png
Settlement.map_caption
Mangnai (light red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai.
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China Qinghai
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Qinghai
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Autonomous prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Haixi
Settlement.seat
Huatugou
Settlement.area_total_km2
49900
Settlement.population_total
18856

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Economy
  • Administrative divisions
  • Demographics
  • Climate
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Notes
  • References

Mangnai, also known as '''Mang'ai''', is a county-level city in the northwest of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Xinjiang to the north and west. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the most remote cities in China, the closest other city, Ruoqiang, is located away. In 2020 it had a population of 18856. The name Mangnai is based on the Mongolian word for 'forehead'.

It was formed in 2018 when the Mangnai and Lenghu administrative zones merged to establish the county-level city of Mangnai.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mangnai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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