# List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

Qinghai, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.

## Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists all prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Qinghai.
| Prefecture level | County Level | County Level | County Level | County Level | County Level |
| Prefecture level | Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Division code | Division code |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Chengdong District | 城东区 | Chéngdōng Qū | 630102 | CDQ |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Chengzhong District | 城中区 | Chéngzhōng Qū | 630103 | CZQ |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Chengxi District | 城西区 | Chéngxī Qū | 630104 | CXQ |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Chengbei District | 城北区 | Chéngběi Qū | 630105 | CBE |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Huangzhong District | 湟中区 | Huángzhōng Qū | 630106 | |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Datong County | 大通县 | Dàtōng Xiàn | 630121 | DAT |
| Xining city 西宁市 Xīníng Shì (Capital) (6301 / XNN) | Huangyuan County | 湟源县 | Huángyuán Xiàn | 630123 | HYU |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Ledu District | 乐都区 | Lèdū Qū | 630202 | LDA |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Ping'an District | 平安区 | Píng'ān Qū | 630203 | PIA |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Minhe County | 民和县 | Mínhé Xiàn | 630222 | MHE |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Huzhu County | 互助县 | Hùzhù Xiàn | 630223 | HZT |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Hualong County | 化隆县 | Huàlóng Xiàn | 630224 | HLO |
| Haidong city 海东市 Hǎidōng Shì (6302 / HDI) | Xunhua County | 循化县 | Xúnhuà Xiàn | 630225 | XUH |
| Haibei Prefecture 海北州 Hǎiběi Zhōu (6322 / HBZ) | Menyuan County | 门源县 | Ményuán Xiàn | 632221 | MYU |
| Haibei Prefecture 海北州 Hǎiběi Zhōu (6322 / HBZ) | Qilian County | 祁连县 | Qílián Xiàn | 632222 | QLN |
| Haibei Prefecture 海北州 Hǎiběi Zhōu (6322 / HBZ) | Haiyan County | 海晏县 | Hǎiyàn Xiàn | 632223 | HIY |
| Haibei Prefecture 海北州 Hǎiběi Zhōu (6322 / HBZ) | Gangcha County | 刚察县 | Gāngchá Xiàn | 632224 | GAN |
| Huangnan Prefecture 黄南州 Huángnán Zhōu (6323 / HNZ) | Tongren city | 同仁市 | Tóngrén Shì | 632301 | |
| Huangnan Prefecture 黄南州 Huángnán Zhōu (6323 / HNZ) | Jianzha County | 尖扎县 | Jiānzhā Xiàn | 632322 | JAI |
| Huangnan Prefecture 黄南州 Huángnán Zhōu (6323 / HNZ) | Zeku County | 泽库县 | Zékù Xiàn | 632323 | ZEK |
| Huangnan Prefecture 黄南州 Huángnán Zhōu (6323 / HNZ) | Henan County | 河南县 | Hénán Xiàn | 632324 | HNM |
| Hainan Prefecture 海南州 Hǎinán Zhōu (6325 / HNN) | Gonghe County | 共和县 | Gònghé Xiàn | 632521 | GHE |
| Hainan Prefecture 海南州 Hǎinán Zhōu (6325 / HNN) | Tongde County | 同德县 | Tóngdé Xiàn | 632522 | TDX |
| Hainan Prefecture 海南州 Hǎinán Zhōu (6325 / HNN) | Guide County | 贵德县 | Guìdé Xiàn | 632523 | GID |
| Hainan Prefecture 海南州 Hǎinán Zhōu (6325 / HNN) | Xinghai County | 兴海县 | Xīnghǎi Xiàn | 632524 | XHA |
| Hainan Prefecture 海南州 Hǎinán Zhōu (6325 / HNN) | Guinan County | 贵南县 | Guìnán Xiàn | 632525 | GNN |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Maqin County | 玛沁县 | Mǎqìn Xiàn | 632621 | MAQ |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Baima County | 班玛县 | Bānmǎ Xiàn | 632622 | BMX |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Gande County | 甘德县 | Gāndé Xiàn | 632623 | GAD |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Dari County | 达日县 | Dárì Xiàn | 632624 | TAR |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Jiuzhi County | 久治县 | Jiǔzhì Xiàn | 632625 | JUZ |
| Guoluo Prefecture 果洛州 Guǒluò Zhōu (6326 / GOL) | Maduo County | 玛多县 | Mǎduō Xiàn | 632626 | MAD |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Yushu city | 玉树市 | Yùshù Shì | 632701 | YSC |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Zaduo County | 杂多县 | Záduō Xiàn | 632722 | ZAD |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Chengduo County | 称多县 | Chēngduō Xiàn | 632723 | CHI |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Zhiduo County | 治多县 | Zhìduō Xiàn | 632724 | ZHI |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Nangqian County | 囊谦县 | Nángqiān Xiàn | 632725 | NQN |
| Yushu Prefecture 玉树州 Yùshù Zhōu (6327 / YSZ) | Qumalai County | 曲麻莱县 | Qūmálái Xiàn | 632726 | QUM |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Ge'ermu city | 格尔木市 | Gé'ěrmù Shì | 632801 | GOS |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Delingha city | 德令哈市 | Délìnghā Shì | 632802 | DEL |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Mangya city | 茫崖市 | Mángyá Shì | 632803 | |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Wulan County | 乌兰县 | Wūlán Xiàn | 632821 | ULA |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Dulan County | 都兰县 | Dūlán Xiàn | 632822 | DUL |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Tianjun County | 天峻县 | Tiānjùn Xiàn | 632823 | TJN |
| Haixi Prefecture 海西州 Hǎixī Zhōu (6328 / HXZ) | Dachaidan Administrative Zone | 大柴旦行政区 | Dàcháidàn Xíngzhèngqū | 632857 | |
* ↑ Conventional name: Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County; Chinese: 大通回族土族自治县; pinyin: Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County; Chinese: 民和回族土族自治县; pinyin: Mínhé Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Huzhu Tu Autonomous County; Chinese: 互助土族自治县; pinyin: Hùzhù Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Hualong Hui Autonomous County; Chinese: 化隆回族自治县; pinyin: Huàlóng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Xunhua Salar Autonomous County; Chinese: 循化撒拉族自治县; pinyin: Xúnhuà Sǎlāzú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎiběi Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ Conventional name: Menyuan Hui Autonomous County; Chinese: 门源回族自治县; pinyin: Ményuán Huízú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 黄南藏族自治州; pinyin: Huángnán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ Conventional name: Henan Mongol Autonomous County; Chinese: 河南蒙古族自治县; pinyin: Hénán Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn
* ↑ Conventional name: Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ Conventional name: Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 果洛藏族自治州; pinyin: Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ Conventional name: Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 玉树藏族自治州; pinyin: Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ Conventional name: Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Chinese: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州; pinyin: Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
* ↑ The administrative zones are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such. The administrative zones are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Nominally part of Delingha City.

## Administrative divisions history
### Recent changes in administrative divisions

| Date | Before | After | Note | Reference |
| 1980-01-09 | parts of Haidong Prefecture | Xining (PL-City) | transferred | |
| 1980-01-09 | ↳ parts of Huangzhong County | ↳ Jiao District, Xining | transferred & established | |
| 1983-01-18 | all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) | all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) | all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) | Civil Affairs Announcement |
| Civil Affairs Announcement |||
| 1984-05-01 | Haixi Prefecture (Aut.) prefectural-controlled | Mangya AZ | established | |
| 1985-??-?? | provincial-controlled | Huangnan Prefecture (Aut.) | transferred | |
| 1985-??-?? | ↳ Henan County (Aut.) | ↳ Henan County (Aut.) | transferred | |
| 1985-04-24 | Haixi Prefecture (Aut.) | Haixi Prefecture (Aut.) | removed Kazakh Aut. | |
| 1985-11-06 | Minhe County | Minhe County (Aut.) | reorganized | |
| 1985-11-06 | Datong County | Datong County (Aut.) | reorganized | |
| 1986-03-05 | parts of Chengxi District | Chengbei District | established | |
| 1986-03-05 | Jiao District, Xining | Chengbei District | merged into | |
| 1986-03-05 | Jiao District, Xining | Chengdong District | merged into | |
| 1986-03-05 | Jiao District, Xining | Chengzhong District | merged into | |
| 1986-03-05 | Jiao District, Xining | Chengxi District | merged into | |
| 1988-04-19 | parts of Wulan County | Delingha (CL-City) | established | |
| 1988-04-19 | parts of Mangya AZ | Delingha (CL-City) | merged | |
| 1989-??-?? | provincial-controlled | Haibei Prefecture (Aut.) | transferred | |
| 1989-??-?? | ↳ Kuang District Office | ↳ Haiyan County | merged into | |
| 1992-??-?? | parts of Mangya AZ | Dachaidan AZ | established | |
| 1992-??-?? | parts of Mangya AZ | Lenghu AZ | established | |
| 1999-12-05 | parts of Haidong Prefecture | Xining (PL-City) | transferred | State Council [1999]142 |
| 1999-12-05 | ↳ Huangzhong County | ↳ Huangzhong County | transferred | State Council [1999]142 |
| 1999-12-05 | ↳ Huangyuan County | ↳ Huangyuan County | transferred | State Council [1999]142 |
| 2013-02-08 | Haidong Prefecture | Haidong (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [2013]23 |
| 2013-02-08 | Ledu County | Ledu District | reorganized | State Council [2013]23 |
| 2013-07-03 | Yushu County | Yushu (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [2013]219 |
| 2015-02-16 | Ping'an County | Ping'an District | reorganized | State Council [2015]38 |
| 2018-02-22 | Mangya AZ | Mangya (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [2018]48 |
| 2018-02-22 | Lenghu AZ | Mangya (CL-City) | merged | Civil Affairs [2018]48 |
| 2019-11-06 | Huangzhong County | Huangzhong District | reorganized | State Council [2019]106 |
| 2020-07-?? | Tongren County | Tongren (CL-City) | reorganized | |

## Population composition
### Prefectures

| Prefecture | 2010 | 2000 |
| Haixi | 489,338 | 369,136 |
| Haibei | 273,304 | 276,723 |
| Xining | 2,208,708 | 1,979,200 |
| Haidong | 1,396,846 | 1,520,074 |
| Hainan | 441,689 | 401,743 |
| Huangnan | 256,716 | 225,462 |
| Yushu | 378,439 | 268,825 |
| Guoluo | 181,682 | 140,397 |

### Counties

| Name | Prefecture | 2010 |
| Chengdong | Xining | 359,688 |
| Chengzhong | Xining | 296,987 |
| Chengxi | Xining | 242,627 |
| Chengbei | Xining | 299,002 |
| Huangyuan | Xining | 437,835 |
| Huangzhong | Xining | 136,632 |
| Datong | Xining | 435,937 |
| Ledu | Haidong | 260,185 |
| Ping'an | Haidong | 102,975 |
| Minhe | Haidong | 350,118 |
| Huzhu | Haidong | 356,437 |
| Hualong | Haidong | 203,317 |
| Xunhua | Haidong | 123,814 |
| Qilian | Haibei | 13,789 |
| Haiyan | Haibei | 11,497 |
| Gangcha | Haibei | 11,473 |
| Menyuan | Haibei | 37,595 |
| Gonghe | Hainan | 122,966 |
| Tongde | Hainan | 64,367 |
| Guide | Hainan | 101,771 |
| Xinghai | Hainan | 76,025 |
| Guinan | Hainan | 76,560 |
| Ge'ermu | Haixi | 215,213 |
| Delingha | Haixi | 78,184 |
| Wulan | Haixi | 38,273 |
| Dulan | Haixi | 76,623 |
| Tianjun | Haixi | 33,923 |
| Mangya | Haixi | 31,017 |
| Dachaidan | Haixi | 13,671 |
| Lenghu | Haixi | 2,434 |
| Tongren | Huangnan | 92,601 |
| Jianzha | Huangnan | 55,325 |
| Zeku | Huangnan | 69,416 |
| Henan | Huangnan | 39,374 |
| Maqin | Golog | 51,245 |
| Baima | Golog | 27,185 |
| Gande | Golog | 34,840 |
| Dari | Golog | 30,995 |
| Jiuzhi | Golog | 26,081 |
| Maduo | Golog | 11,336 |
| Yushu | Yushu | 120,447 |
| Zaduo | Yushu | 58,268 |
| Chengduo | Yushu | 55,619 |
| Zhiduo | Yushu | 30,037 |
| Nangqian | Yushu | 85,825 |
| Qumalai | Yushu | 28,243 |

## Drafted and proposed cities

Qinghai is planning to re-organise the following administrative divisions:

### County-level cities

* Gonghe ← Gonghe County
* Guide ← Guide County
* Haiyan ← Haiyan County
* Qaidam (柴达木市) ← Da Qaidam and Delingha
* Maqin ← Maqin County