Qinghai

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Qinghai   青海                                
    POPULATION           CHRISTIANS         Total  
                Evangelicals   Catholics       Christians  
    Census Census     Estimate       TOTAL     TOTAL     % of 2020
Location   2000 2010 Growth   2020   TSPM House church Evangelicals CPA House church Catholics   TOTAL Population
       
Guoluo (Golog) Prefecture 果洛藏族自治州                              
Banma (Baima) County 班玛县 22,088 27,185 5,097 23.08% 32,282   16 129 145 0 10 10 155 0.48%
Dari (Darlag) County 达日县 24,354 30,995 6,641 27.27% 37,636   19 151 169 0 10 10 179 0.48%
Gande (Gade) County 甘德县 25,494 34,840 9,346 36.66% 44,186   22 177 199 0 10 10 209 0.47%
Jiuzhi (Jigzhi) County 久治县 19,336 26,081 6,745 34.88% 32,826   16 131 148 0 10 10 158 0.48%
Maduo (Madoi) County 玛多县 10,890 11,336 446 4.10% 11,782   6 47 53 0 10 10 63 0.53%
Maqin (Maqen) County 玛沁县 35,778 51,245 15,467 43.23% 66,712   33 267 300 13 27 40 340 0.51%
    137,940 181,682 43,742 31.71% 225,424   113 902 1,014 13 77 90 1,104 0.49%
       
Haibei Prefecture 海北藏族自治州                              
Gangcha (Ganca) County 刚察县 39,223 41,333 2,110 5.38% 43,443   174 646 820 9 10 18 838 1.93%
Haiyan County 海晏县 32,879 37,788 4,909 14.93% 42,697   171 635 806 9 9 18 824 1.93%
Mengyuan County 门源回族自治县 141,426 147,710 6,284 4.44% 153,994   616 2,291 2,907 31 34 65 2,972 1.93%
Qilian County 祁连县 45,394 46,473 1,079 2.38% 47,552   190 708 898 10 10 20 918 1.93%
    258,922 273,304 14,382 5.55% 287,686   1,151 4,281 5,432 58 63 121 5,552 1.93%
       
Haidong Prefecture 海东市                              
Hualong County 化隆回族自治县 213,706 203,317 -10,389 -4.86% 192,928   772 2,871 3,642 39 116 154 3,797 1.97%
Huzhu County 互助土族自治县 357,089 356,437 -652 -0.18% 355,785   2,135 7,941 10,076 71 213 285 10,360 2.91%
Ledu District 乐都区 262,704 260,184 -2,520 -0.96% 257,664   1,546 5,751 7,297 52 155 206 7,503 2.91%
Minhe County 民和回族土族自治县 346,748 350,118 3,370 0.97% 353,488   1,414 5,260 6,674 71 212 283 6,957 1.97%
Ping'an District 平安区 106,866 102,975 -3,891 -3.64% 99,084   595 2,212 2,806 20 59 79 2,885 2.91%
Xunhua County 循化撒拉族自治县 104,452 123,814 19,362 18.54% 143,176   573 2,130 2,703 29 86 115 2,818 1.97%
    1,391,565 1,396,845 5,280 0.38% 1,402,125   7,034 26,165 33,198 280 841 1,122 34,320 2.45%
       
Hainan Prefecture 海南藏族自治州                              
Gonghe County 共和县 111,974 122,966 10,992 9.82% 133,958   670 [1] 2,492 3,161 402 1,005 1,407 4,568 3.41%
Guide County 贵德县 91,552 101,771 10,219 11.16% 111,990   560 [2] 2,083 2,643 336 840 1,176 3,819 3.41%
Guinan County 贵南县 63,579 76,560 12,981 20.42% 89,541   358 1,332 1,691 269 672 940 2,631 2.94%
Tongde County 同德县 48,741 64,369 15,628 32.06% 79,997   320 1,190 1,510 240 600 840 2,350 2.94%
Xinghai County 兴海县 59,580 76,025 16,445 27.60% 92,470   324 1,204 1,528 277 694 971 2,499 2.70%
    375,426 441,691 66,265 17.65% 507,956   2,232 8,301 10,533 1,524 3,810 5,334 15,866 3.12%
       
Haixi Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州                              
Dachaidan (Da Qaidam) Committee 大柴旦行委 13,671 13,671 0 0.00% 13,671   164 610 774 21 31 51 826 6.04%
Delingha (Delhi) City 德令哈市 83,585 78,184 -5,401 -6.46% 72,783   1,165 [3] 3,494 4,658 109 164 273 4,931 6.78%
Dulan County 都兰县 57,670 76,623 18,953 32.86% 95,576   669 2,489 3,158 143 215 358 3,516 3.68%
Ge'ermu (Golmud) City 格尔木市 135,897 215,214 79,317 58.37% 294,531   1,767 [4] 10,603 12,370 442 663 1,104 13,475 4.58%
Lenghu Committee 冷湖行委 2,434 2,434 0 0.00% 2,434   24 91 115 4 5 9 124 5.10%
Mangya (Mangnai) Committee 茫崖行委 31,017 31,017 0 0.00% 31,017   310 1,154 1,464 47 70 116 1,580 5.10%
Tianjun County 天峻县 18,927 33,923 14,996 79.23% 48,919   440 2,201 2,642 73 110 183 2,825 5.78%
Wulan (Ulan) County 乌兰县 36,015 38,272 2,257 6.27% 40,529   324 1,427 1,751 61 91 152 1,903 4.70%
    332,094 489,338 110,122 33.16% 599,460   4,864 22,068 26,932 899 1,349 2,248 29,180 4.87%
       
Huangnan Prefecture 黄南藏族自治州                              
Henan County 河南蒙古族自治县 32,250 39,374 7,124 22.09% 46,498   46 173 219 93 186 279 498 1.07%
Jianzha (Jianca) County 尖扎县 51,064 55,325 4,261 8.34% 59,586   60 222 281 119 238 358 639 1.07%
Tongren County 同仁县 77,040 92,601 15,561 20.20% 108,162   108 402 511 216 433 649 1,159 1.07%
Zeku (Zekog) County 泽库县 54,288 69,416 15,128 27.87% 84,544   85 315 399 169 338 507 906 1.07%
    214,642 256,716 42,074 19.60% 298,790   299 1,111 1,410 598 1,195 1,793 3,203 1.07%
       
Xining Prefecture 西宁市                              
Chengbei District 城北区 210,265 299,002 88,737 42.20% 387,739   3,877 16,673 20,550 775 1,551 2,326 22,877 5.90%
Chengdong District 城东区 270,268 359,688 89,420 33.09% 449,108   4,491 16,707 21,198 898 1,796 2,695 23,893 5.32%
Chengxi District 城西区 225,412 242,627 17,215 7.64% 259,842   2,598 9,666 12,265 520 1,039 1,559 13,824 5.32%
Chengzhong District 城中区 148,521 296,987 148,466 99.96% 445,453   4,455 16,571 21,025 891 1,782 2,673 23,698 5.32%
Datong County 大通回族土族自治县 416,968 435,937 18,969 4.55% 454,906   1,820 [5] 6,769 8,589 455 910 1,365 9,953 2.19%
Huangyuan County 湟源县 129,814 136,632 6,818 5.25% 143,450   1,435 [6] 5,336 6,771 287 574 861 7,632 5.32%
Huangzhong County 湟中县 448,465 437,835 -10,630 -2.37% 427,205   4,272 15,892 20,164 854 1,709 2,563 22,727 5.32%
    1,849,713 2,208,708 358,995 19.41% 2,567,703   22,948 [7] 87,614 110,562 4,681 [8] 9,361 14,042 [9] 124,603 4.85%
       
Yushu Prefecture 玉树藏族自治州                              
Chengduo (Chindu) County 称多县 40,391 55,619 15,228 37.70% 70,847   43 158 201 71 113 184 385 0.54%
Nangqian (Nangqen) County 囊谦县 57,387 85,825 28,438 49.55% 114,263   69 255 324 114 183 297 621 0.54%
Qumalai (Qumarleb) County 曲麻莱县 24,181 28,243 4,062 16.80% 32,305   19 72 91 32 52 84 175 0.54%
Yushu City 玉树市 77,854 120,447 42,593 54.71% 163,040   489 1,820 2,309 163 261 424 2,733 1.68%
Zadauo (Zadoi) County 杂多县 38,654 58,268 19,614 50.74% 77,882   47 174 221 78 125 202 423 0.54%
Zhiduo (Zhidoi) County 治多县 24,194 30,037 5,843 24.15% 35,880   22 80 102 36 57 93 195 0.54%
    262,661 378,439 115,778 44.08% 494,217   688 2,559 3,247 494 791 1,285 4,532 0.92%
       
Totals   4,822,963 5,626,723 803,760 16.67% 6,430,483   39,327 [10] 153,001 [11] 192,328 [12] 8,547 17,487 26,033 [13]   218,361 3.40%
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[1]
400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Gonghe was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.
[2]
400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Guide was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.
[3]
800 believers in 3 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[4]
700 believers in 2 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Mangya County was carved out of Ge'ermu City in 2006.
[5]
400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Datong was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church. Since that time the church in Datong has grown rapidly.
[6]
400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Huangyuan was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.
[7]
14,000 believers in 19 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar. "More than 10,000 Protestants": Global Chinese Ministries (October 2007). In 1981 there were only about 40 TSPM believers in the city. This quickly increased to 6,780 baptized believers in 1997: Amity News Service (August 1997). Detailed statistics for TSPM church membership in Xining were published in Amity News Service (August 1997). A summary is:

1982    82 members
1984   264
1986   679
1988   1,527
1990   2,332
1992   3,297
1994   4,374
1996   5,603
1997   6,780
[8]
There were 250 CPA members in just one (Beishan Catholic) church in 1997: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.209.
[9]
In 1950 there were 4,144 Catholics in Xining Diocese, in 57 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org
[10]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.242, listed a percentage which amounts to 50,800 TSPM believers in Qinghai.
[11]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.242, listed a percentage which amounts to 214,500 house church believers in Qinghai.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.176, listed a percentage which amounts to 71,400 house church believers in Qinghai.

House church networks report rapid growth since 2000, especially in Xining and Haixi prefectures. The ethnic minority groups in the province, however, remain unreached and unevangelized.
[12]
Evangelicals in Qinghai
       400 (1949 - Amity News Service, October 1996)
  15,000 (1991 - Asia Focus , January 1991)*
  30,000 (1997 - Tianfeng , February 1997)*
  39,300 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
102,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.176)
265,300 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.242)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.
[13]
Catholics in Qinghai
  3,000 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.461)
  4,144 (1950 in 57 parishes: Compiled from diocese statistics at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
15,300 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.176)
16,900 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.242)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.