Golmud

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Golmud

Total population

221,863

Coordinates36.43°, 94.82°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Golmud is a county-level city in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, China. It is now the second-largest city in Qinghai and the third largest on the Tibetan Plateau. The population in 2020 was 221,863.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Qinghai

• Qarhan
  36.6 mi away
• Dagur
  51.7 mi away
• Xitieshan
  73.7 mi away
• Zongjia
  90.8 mi away
• Urt Moron
  98 mi away
• Qaidam
  102.3 mi away
• Chumar Ho
  109.5 mi away
• Hoit Taria
  123.9 mi away
• Madoi
  130.4 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Yuge
  131.5 mi away
• Chikdril
  137.1 mi away
• Keluke
  145 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Golmud

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

Seen 2026-07-28

Upland Buzzard

Buteo hemilasius

Seen 2026-07-27

Tibetan Gazelle

Procapra picticaudata

Seen 2026-07-27

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Seen 2026-07-27

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

Seen 2026-07-27

Lesser Whitethroat

Curruca curruca

Seen 2026-07-26

tatarian blue lettuce

Lactuca tatarica

Seen 2026-07-26

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-07-24

Oxytropis stracheyana

Oxytropis stracheyana

Seen 2026-07-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).