Businesses in Golmud

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Golmud

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Shopping	488	27 years
Public administration	57	—
Scientific and technical services	55	27 years
Civil engineering	34	26 years
Unreachable	32	27 years
Other accommodation	29	—
Wholesale of construction supplies	25	26 years
Corporate management	19	—
Hotels and motels	18	—
Wholesalers	18	—
Education	15	—
Manufacture of vehicles and machinery	14	29 years
All food and beverage	13	26 years
Hospitals	13	—
Freight/commercial transport	13	25 years

Golmud Facts

Area	6.4 km²
Population	35,184
Male Population	18,566 (52.8%)
Female Population	16,618 (47.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+392.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+63.4%
Median Age	32.1 years (Male: 32.2, Female: 32)
Local Time
Timezone	GMT+06:00
Lat & Lng	36.40672, 94.90061
Postal Codes	816000

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Golmud Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	7,138	15,145	21,526	35,184	35,184
Population Density	1,108.8 / km²	2,352.6 / km²	3,343.8 / km²	5,465.5 / km²	5,465.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Golmud Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 63.4% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Golmud	+392.9%	+132.3%	+63.4%
Qinghai	+114.3%	+48.6%	+23.8%
China	+51.5%	+18.9%	+8.2%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Golmud Median Age

Median Age: 32.1 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Golmud	32.1 yrs	32 yrs	32.2 yrs
Qinghai	32.4 yrs	32.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
China	36 yrs	36.4 yrs	35.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Golmud Population Density

Population Density: 5,466 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Golmud	35,184	6.4 km²	5,466 / km²
Qinghai	6.1 million	695,797.8 km²	8.7 / km²
China	1,361.3 million	9,342,862.4 km²	146 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Golmud Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1830 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Golmud CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Golmud	294,945 tn	8.38 tn	45,816.7 tons/km²
Qinghai	34,256,014 tn	5.63 tn	49.2 tons/km²
China	11,912,486,467 tn	8.75 tn	1,275 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Golmud CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	294,945 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	8.38 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	45,816.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
9/18/13	12:16 AM	4.2	55.9 km	9,920 m	56km NNE of Golmud He, China	usgs.gov
11/13/07	1:22 PM	3.3	94.1 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
9/14/07	9:53 PM	4.3	31.2 km	20,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
3/30/06	12:04 AM	3.8	30 km	35,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
1/6/06	1:44 PM	4.7	86.6 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
11/12/02	7:58 PM	4.2	98 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
5/29/02	5:54 PM	4.7	75.8 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
5/29/02	12:24 PM	4.5	74.5 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
5/22/02	10:30 AM	4.3	68.9 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov
5/22/02	9:12 AM	5	75.4 km	10,000 m	northern Qinghai, China	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Golmud

Golmud (Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠯᠮᠣᠣᠠ ; Chinese: 格尔木; pinyin: Gé'ěrmù; Tibetan: ན་གོར་མོ།, Wylie: Na-gor-mo), sometimes transliterated as Ge'ermu or Geermu, is a county-level city in Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China, bordering Xinjiang to the northw..

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