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'Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture' (simplified Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: མཚོ་བཡྣང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་; Wylie:
Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 km² and its capital is Haiyan county. The placename literally means "north of the Qinghai Lake."

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Demographics

Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census

Subdivisions

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, Haibei has 258,922 inhabitants with a population density of 6.58 inhabitants/km².

Ethnic groups in Haibei, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Han	94,841	36.63%
Hui	79.190	30,58%
Tibetan	62.520	24,15%
Mongol	13.087	5,05%
Tu	7.806	3,01%
Salar	901	0,35%
Others	577	0,23%

Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 4 county-level divisions: 3 counties and 1autonomous county:

★ Haiyan county (海晏县)

★ Qilian county (祁连县)

★ Gangca county (刚察县)

★ Menyuan Hui Autonomous County (门源回族自治县)