Golmud - Golmud

Japanese: ゴルムド - ごるむど

A city in central Qinghai Province, China. Population: 80,000 (1994). Directly under the Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the southern edge of the Qaidam Basin, it is a new industrial city that developed after the Qinghai-Tibetan Expressway was built in 1954. In ancient times, it was a Qiang region, and in the 4th century, it was ruled by the Tuyuhun. Yuan-dynasty paper money and the seal of the Zhongshu Province have been excavated here, making it an important transportation point to Tibet. It was established as a city in 1960, and became a county in 1965, but was elevated to city status again in 1980 when it was combined with Gansensu Caochang.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，青海省中部の市。人口8万(1994)。海西モンゴル(蒙古)･チベット(蔵)族自治州直轄。チャイダム(柴達木)盆地の南縁にあり，1954年青蔵自動車道の通過後発展した新しい工業都市。古代は羌（きよう）の地域であり，4世紀には吐谷渾（とよくこん）が支配した。元の紙幣，中書省の印などが出土しており，チベット方面への重要な交通地点であった。1960年市が成立，65年県になったが，80年甘森草場をあわせ，再び市に昇格した。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Colmunea - Colmunea

>>: Gorm den Gamle (Old King)