Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Datong County, or Serkhog County (; ; or more frequently ; Monguor: ; Xiao'erjing: <big></big>) is an autonomous county of Hui and Tu peoples in Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai.
Since 2009, a folk music "Flower Festival" has been held annually in late July on "Mount Laoye" (2928 m) in Datong town.
Subdivisions
Datong County is divided into 9 towns, 9 townships, and 2 ethnic townships:
- Qiaotou Town ()
- Chengguan Town ()
- Tar Town ()
- Huangjiazhai Town ()
- Changning Town ()
- Jingyang Town ()
- Duolin Town ()
- Xinzhuang Town ()
- Qinglin Township ()
- Xunrang Township ()
- Jile Township ()
- Shishan Township ()
- Baoku Township ()
- Xiegou Township ()
- Liangjiao Township ()
- Hualin Township ()
- Xangba Tibetan Ethnic Township (, )
- Shobê Tibetan Ethnic Township (, )
Climate
Transportation
- China National Highway 227
- Xining–Datong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)
- Xining–Datong Railway (Ningda Railway, ), a 39-km long dead-end railway branch constructed in 1966-1968 and primarily serving a local coal mine. In the past, passenger service operated on the line, but ceased in 2008.
- LanzhouâÂÂXinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; ), opened in December 2014. Very limited service.
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