In the year 1928, the Republic of China included Qinghai as one of its provinces. Earlier to becoming a province of the People's Republic of China, the province of Qinghai was ruled the warlord Ma Bufang.
Xing Great MosqueThe Province of Qinghai is to the Northeast Tibetan plateau and both the Yangtze River and Mekong River originate Southwestern Qinghai Province.
On an average the province of Qinghai is 3000m above sea level. The Tanggula and Kunlun Mountain's are the largest mountains of Qinghai.
Qinghai is the largest province of the People's Republic of in terms of area but the Autonomous Region's of Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia are larger in land area.