Haidong

Syllables: Hai·dong

Haidong proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture.

Proper noun

Haidong

A prefecture-level city of Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture.
- [Excerpts] According to a report by this station's correspondent, all counties under Haidong Prefecture [a new prefecture in Qinghai Province] are striving to strengthen agriculture by mobilizing available manpower, material and financial resources.1979 July 25 [1979 July 22], “QINGHAI: XINING PLANS TO PUSH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 144, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
- The exercise is complicated by the fact that populations in borderland areas are often mixed within a single county, although segregation might still remain very distinct. For instance, in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of the Haidong District in Qinghai, the birthplace of the 10th Panchen Lama...2008 [2002], Andrew M. Fischer, “44. Dalai and his followers claim that 7.5 million Han have been emigrated to Tibet, and that Tibetans have become a minority nationality in the region. Is that...

For instance, in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of the Haidong District in Qinghai, the birthplace of the 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetans account for about one-fifth of the population.2008 [2002], Andrew M. Fischer, “44. Dalai and his followers claim that 7.5 million Han have been emigrated to Tibet, and that Tibetans...
Authorities in Qinghai’s Haidong prefecture, where the second protest took place, either could not be reached or said they had no information on the case.2013 February 26, “Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest”, in AP News, archived from the original on 27 May 2022:
On Monday, a court in Haidong Prefecture sentenced the Tibetans — Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme Thabkey and Lobsang — to terms of six, five and four years, respectively.2013 March 21, Edward Wong, “3 Tibetans Sentenced in Immolation Cases”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The...
That same day, I talked to a group of Mongour from Minhe County in Haidong Region.2016, Tsering Bum, Guardians of Nature: Tibetan Pastoralists and the Natural World, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165:

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海東 /海东 (Hǎidōng).

What does Haidong mean?: Haidong means a prefecture-level city of Qinghai, China, formerly a prefecture.
How do you use Haidong in a sentence?: For instance, in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of the Haidong District in Qinghai, the birthplace of the 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetans account for about one-fifth of the population.
What part of speech is Haidong?: Haidong is a proper noun.

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