Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County
Introduction '''Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County''', '''Datong County''', or '''Serkhog County''' (; ; or more frequently ; Monguor: ; Xiao'erjing: ) 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. "Mount Laoye" as seen from DatongSince 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 (, )
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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. *Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; ), opened in December 2014.Very limited service.
See also * List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
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