page_title: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
hierarchical_section_title: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
caption_attribution_description: 中文（中国大陆）‎: 祁连山脉景观，摄于青海祁连县默勒镇。 English: Scenery of Qilian Mountains. Photograph taken in Mole, Qilian County, Qinghai.
context_page_description: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture of Northeastern Qinghai Province, China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 square kilometres and its seat is Haiyan County. Its name literally means "north of Lake."
context_section_description: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 海北藏族自治州; Tibetan: མཚོ་བྱང་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་, Wylie: mtsho-byang bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul, Tib.pin.: cojang poirig ranggyong kü) is an autonomous prefecture of Northeastern Qinghai Province, China. The prefecture has an area of 39,354 square kilometres (15,195 sq mi) and its seat is Haiyan County. Its name literally means "north of (Qinghai) Lake."
caption: Qilian Mountains
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