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

• XiningDatong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)

• XiningDatong 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

References