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Tulsa (/ˈtʌlsə/) is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.

Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.[a]

Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklahoma has a secondary campus at the Tulsa Schusterman Center, and Oklahoma State University has a secondary campus located in downtown Tulsa. For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World" and played a major role as one of the most important hubs for the American oil industry.

Menyuan Hui Autonomous County is located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, under the jurisdiction of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the east of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent to Gansu Province in the east and north. It is 150 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining and 250 kilometers away from Haiyan County, the capital of Haibei Prefecture. The total area is 6896 square kilometers. Menyuan County was established in 1929, Menyuan Hui Autonomous region was established in 1953, and changed to Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in 1955. In 2013, the GDP of Menyuan Hui Autonomous County reached 292 million yuan. Hui is the main ethnic group, accounting for about 40% of the total population, as well as Han, Tibetan, Turkish, Mongolian, Salar and other ethnic groups. The total population is 155800 (2013). The original name of Menyuan County was "Xianyuan" (Xi, m é n). Because the writing of the word "Qing" was too complicated, it was unified and simplified.
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