Da Qaidam: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Qinghai
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 37.8333° N, 95.3000° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 1,837 km (1,141 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Golmud Airport (GOQ): 166 km (103 mi), straight line
• Haixi Delingha Airport (HXD): 191 km (119 mi), straight line
• Dunhuang Mogao International Airport (DNH): 262 km (163 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Xiao Qaidam: 37 km (23 mi)
• Xitieshan: 63 km (39 mi)
• Yanhu: 71 km (44 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Dunhuang, 265 km (165 mi)