Golmud: an Attractive Tourist Spot
Golmud is located in the Haixi prefecture level city
in the province of Qinghai in China. The entire sub prefecture city has an area
of one hundred and twenty four thousand and five hundred square kilometers, out
of which seventy two square kilometers comes under urban area. The elevation of
this location is about nine thousand two hundred and sixteen feets over the
level of sea. As per the reports of year 2000, Golmud has a population of just
two hundred thousand only with a population density of 1.6 per square
kilometers. The urban population is just one hundred and thirty thousand with
density of one thousand eight hundred per square kilometers.
It is Golmud or Geermu or Ge’ermu
The name of Golmud is also transliterated as Geermu or
Ge’ermu. It borders Xinjiang in the north western side. To it south western
side, the Tibet autonomous region is located. Golmud is administered by the
Tibetan and Haixi Mongol Autonomous prefecture. It is recognized as second
biggest city in entire province of Qinghai. It is also the third biggest in
Tibetan plateau after Lhasa as well as Xining. At present, population of this
area is just two hundred and five thousand seven hundred. The city’s name is in
fact derived from the Mongolian. The meaning of this name is rivers in regional
western Mongolian language.
A reason for
Golmud is an attractive spot which is situated in
central south portion of Qaidam basin. Near to this city, over twenty salt
lakes are there in different sizes. The big portion of the Golmud city in fact
forms exclave that is separated by the western paddle of Yushu Tibetan
Autonomous prefecture from remaining part of the county. Administratively, this
exclave will form the Tanggula Town. The Golmud Town has a population with nearly
ninety percent of Han Chinese people, who counts to one hundred and thirty
thousand. Because of the location, this city abounds with many natural
resources from the salt lakes nearby. The industries that involve the salt lake
chemicals are being sprung up now. There is Qarham Salt Lake in the north
eastern side of the city that boast an area of nearly five thousand and eight
hundred square kilometres, making it the largest inland salt lake across the
globe.
Rich minerals
The resources of Qarham Salt Lake are approximated to
be more than fifteen trillion Yuan. This lake is the biggest base of production
for magnesium, salt and potassium in land of China. It also has reserves of
natural gas of one trillion cubic meters and more than fifty different mineral
varieties like copper, lead, gold, precious stones, jade, zinc and more. The
other significant industries are oil refineries, gas fields, petrochemicals,
and more.
Travel Tips
The Golmud city is situated along Qinghai Tibet
railway itself, which is a railroad beginning from Xining to Lhasa. The area
Golmud Lhasa covers a length of more than one thousand one hundred kilometers. It
is awesome to travel from Golmud city to Lhasa. The appropriate time to visit
this place is month of July to month of September. Bus and taxi services are
regularly available from any part of Qinghai to reach Golmud.
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