The largest and youngest plateau in the world is known as the roof of the world

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest and highest plateau in the world. It is called the "Roof of the World" with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. It is the birthplace of many large rivers in Asia. If you don't go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, you won't know how many mountains there are. High, how beautiful the water is. In the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there is a "big city". Its area is larger than Jiangsu Province, but its population is too small, with only about 300,000 people. It is worth visiting a place like this once in your life.

There is a city 710 kilometers away from Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, called Golmud, which in Mongolian transliteration means a place with dense rivers. Golmud has an area of ??126,000 square kilometers and is the largest city in the world by jurisdiction. However, its population is only about 300,000. It is only a small city with a population of about 300,000, but its geographical location is very important. It is a transit station leading to Xinjiang, Tibet and other places. .

Golmud has such a large area, 90% of the land belongs to the desert or semi-desert Gobi Desert, and the population is so small. Many places are uninhabited. In some places, you can’t see anyone even if you walk hundreds of kilometers. The living environment is very difficult. vile. In the 1950s, General Mu Shengzhong, known as the "Father of Qinghai-Tibet", led Ma Xiu to open the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, which led to the rise of the city of Golmud.

To the east of Golmud is Xining, to the north is Dunhuang, and to the south is Lhasa. The urban area is located on the alluvial plain of the Golmud River in the central and southern part of the Qaidam Basin, with an average altitude of 2,780 meters and a built-up area of ??more than 30 square kilometers. , Golmud's population is mostly in the urban area, and it is the third largest city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, second only to Xining and Lhasa. As you can see here, Golmud has a large area under its jurisdiction, not a large urban area. It is actually the size of a county.

Golmud is a city born from a road, a young city built in a Gobi desert. The world-famous Qinghai-Tibet Highway and Qinghai-Tibet Railway pass through Golmud. It is about 1,100 kilometers from Golmud to Lhasa. Every summer, this place is very lively and there is a huge flow of people in and out. Most tourists entering Tibet rest in Golmud and then embark on the long journey. Hidden road.

Many people may think that the city of Golmud is not very good, but those who have been there have greatly changed their impression of this city. Golmud's urban greening rate is 20%. Many high-rise buildings have been built in the urban area. The city's quality has improved to a higher level. It is no longer the desolate Gobi Desert it once was. It is accelerating its construction into a sub-central city in Qinghai.

Golmud is very rich in tourism resources, with continuous snow peaks, widespread glaciers and dotted lakes. It has won the honorary title of "China's Excellent Tourism City". There are landscapes such as the source of the Yangtze River, Chaerhan Salt Lake, snow-capped mountains and glaciers, Kunlun Mountains, Tanggula Pass, desert forests and other landscapes within the territory. For tourists, this is a good place to let their souls free and must be visited once in this life.