Da Qaidam

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Da Qaidam

1. An administrative zone in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
   • 2008 November 10, Liu Zhen, Ben Blanchard, Lucy Hornby, “Strong quake hits China's Qinghai region”, in Ken Wills, Sanjeev Miglani, editors, Reuters‎^[1], sourced from BEIJING, archived from the original on 15 June 2024, World:

     The USGS said the epicentre of the quake was 161 km (101 miles)) north-northeast of Golmud at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 km). Golmud is an industrial city that is dependent upon potassium mining.
     Xinhua said some mud houses in Da Qaidam, near the epicentre, had cracks in their walls and a few huts had collapsed. Schools have also been closed.

Translations

administrative zone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大柴旦 (zh) (Dàcháidàn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can