Huzhu Tu Autonomous County (Monguor: Huzhu Mongghul njeenaa dagnagu xan), or in short Huzhu County, is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Haidong, in the east of Qinghai province, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. It has an area of 3321 km2 and approximately 370,000 inhabitants (2004). Its seat is the town of Weiyuan. The monastery of Chuzang, located in the town of Nanmenxia some 20 km northwest of the seat of Huzhu County, is listed as a national monument of China (since 2006). The Xining Caojiabao Airport (IATA: XNN, ICAO: ZLXN) which serves Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, is located in the county.

Administrative divisions

Huzhu is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns and 9 townships, and 2 ethnic townships.

Climate