Daowei Tibetan Ethnic Township


Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township or Daowei Township, is an ethnic township in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong, Qinghai, China. The ethnic township is located to the southeast of the autonomous county's seat of government. Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township spans an area of, and has a hukou population of 13,614 people as of 2018.

Geography

Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township is located within the southeast of Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, within the prefecture-level city of Haidong. The ethnic township is largely mountainous, with an average elevation of above sea level, and grassy mountains covering 880,000 mu of Dobi. The ethnic township has 32,900 mu of arable land.

Administrative divisions

Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township administers 27 administrative villages, and 34 natural villages, although the latter have no formal status. The ethnic township's 27 administrative villages are as follows:
  • Gulei Village
  • Qitaibao Village
  • Helongbao Village
  • Bilong Village
  • Hetang Village
  • Hezhuang Village
  • Ningba Village
  • Zhangsha Village
  • Duowa Village
  • Duoshize Village
  • Ejia Village
  • Wumandao Village
  • Lake Village
  • Lamulongwa Village
  • Deman Village
  • Xunwa Village
  • Lilun Village
  • Wangjia Village
  • Sanmucang Village
  • Danma Village
  • Jiacang Village
  • Muhong Village
  • Yamu Village
  • Tiegaleng Village
  • Wuman Village
  • Kema Village
  • Xichong Village

    Demographics

As of 2018, Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township has a population of 13,614 people.
In 2010, the ethnic township had a total population of 11,635 people: 5,774 males and 5,861 females: 2,868 under 14 years old, 7,836 aged between 15 and 64 and 931 over 65 years old.
Tibetans comprise the main population group in the ethnic township, although there are also sizeable Salar, Hui, and Han populations.

Culture

The ethnic township has a memorial hall devoted to Tibetan religious teacher and politician Geshe Sherab Gyatso, who was born in the area.
Dobi Tibetan Ethnic Township claims to be the origin of two styles of Tibetan ethnic drumming: Chi Drumming and Xia'erqun Drumming. Chi Drumming is included in the Chinese government's, whereas Xia'erqun Drumming is included in the Qinghai provincial Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage List.