Ulan County

Ulan County ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ 乌兰县
County
Chinese transcription(s)
Country	China
Province	Qinghai
Prefecture	Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Ulan County (Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The name of the county comes from a Mongolian and means "Red".

Transportation

The county is served by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which has a station at the county seat. There is also a freight-only branch to the salt works on the Chaka Salt Lake (茶卡盐湖) near Chaka Town (茶卡镇), in the southeastern part of the county.

County-level divisions of Qinghai Province

Xining (capital)

Prefecture-level cities

Xining	Chengzhong District Chengdong District Chengxi District Chengbei District Datong County Huangyuan County Huangzhong County

Haidong	Ledu District Ping'an District Minhe County Huzhu County Hualong County Xunhua County

Autonomous prefectures

Haibei	Haiyan County Qilian County Gangca County Menyuan County

Huangnan	Tongren County Jainca County Zêkog County Henan County

Hainan	Gonghe County Tongde County Guide County Xinghai County Guinan County

Golog	Maqên County Banma County Gadê County Darlag County Jigzhi County Madoi County

Yushu	Yushu City Zadoi County Chindu County Zhidoi County Nangqên County Qumarlêb County

Haixi	Delingha City Golmud City Ulan County Dulan County Tianjun County Lenghu Administrative Zone ¹ Da Qaidam Administrative Zone ¹ Mangnai Administrative Zone ¹

¹ These are administrative zones, which are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such.

Coordinates: 36°49′N 98°17′E / 36.817°N 98.283°E / 36.817; 98.283

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