About this place

Geermu (Golmud) is a country level city in qinghai. It's the second largest city in Qinghai Province. The population is over 200, 000. The average elevation is about 2.8km. There are more than 20 salt lakes around the city. The average temperature the year is around 5 °C. So the summer there is very short. The Tibetan railway is just across Golmud. There is also train from Xián and Xining to Golmud.