Qinghai Province is a remote county-level city with vast desert and sparsely populated. Its name is simple, but it is easy to mispronounce.

After traveling for a long time and visiting many places, I naturally saw many strange things. There is Sansha City in the south, which is an island far from the mainland, and it is called the fishing warehouse of China. Walking into Qinghai in the northwest, you will find a cliff city, in the embrace of no man's land. Compared with the seawater around Sansha City, Mangya City is even more desolate, and it is called "the most desolate county-level city in China".

Mangya City is the only road of the ancient Silk Road, the throat artery for Qinghai to enter Gansu and lead to Xinjiang, and the west gate of Qinghai Province. Belonging to Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, it is located in the northwest border of Qinghai Province, the western edge of Qaidam Basin, deep in the Gobi Desert, 250 kilometers away from the nearest county town Ruoqiang County and 400 kilometers away from the nearest prefecture-level city Dunhuang City.

Mangya City is a young prefecture-level city, which was established in February 20 18, only four years ago, but it has a long history. As early as the Han Dynasty, Mangya City belonged to Ruoqiang State, and Qiang people were active in Huatugou and Mangya Town in its territory, which was clearly recorded in various dynasties in history. By 1984, an agency was established in Haixi prefecture and gradually upgraded to today's organization.

Mangya City is the loneliest city in China with a special geographical position. It is deep in the desert, less than 5 kilometers away from the city, either desert or no man's land. Very desolate, with an average elevation of 3000 meters. Belonging to the plateau area, there are often sandstorms and other bad weather, so it is necessary to plant sand prevention forests around the city.

Mangya municipal district is very large, close to 50,000 square kilometers, almost half the area of Zhejiang Province, but the permanent population is very small. According to official statistics, the population in 2020 is only 1.900, and most of them are employees in or serving the oil industry. When going to work during the day, there are few pedestrians in such a big city, and it is a city with a vast territory and a sparse population.

The name of Mangya City is also very interesting. According to common sense, it should be pronounced Mangya [yá], but the locals don't think so. The place name comes from Mongolian, which means "forehead". The local people read it as Mangya [× i], and the official media also read it as Mangya [× i]. But after looking up all the Chinese dictionaries, Cliff didn't pronounce [× i], so foreigners came to Mangya.

The pronunciation of Mangya City is relatively uncommon, strictly speaking, it is a typo. I believe it won't be long before I say it. This question is not very important. The important thing is that the city is deep in the desert and the environment is bad. It can't be changed anyway. It is called the loneliest city in China. Then the problem is coming. If it were you, I would give you a stable job. Would you like to live here?