Harbin is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Heilongjiang province,People's Republic of China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang,as well as being the city with the second-largest urban population and largest metropolitan population in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts,two county-level cities and seven counties,and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin had 5,841,929 inhabitants,while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854,making it one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point and easternmost point.
Jiamusi is a prefecture-level city in eastern Heilongjiang province,People's Republic of China. Located along the middle and lower reaches of the Songhua River,it faces Russia's Khabarovsk Krai across the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang. In 2018,Jiamusi had a GDP of RMB 101.2 billion with a 4.3% growth rate. Its population was 2,156,505 at the 2020 census whom 862,555 lived in the built up area comprising 4 urban districts.
Northeast China is a geographical region of China,also called Manchuria in history. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of the Greater Khingan Range,namely Liaoning,Jilin,and Heilongjiang,but historically is meant to also encompass the four easternmost prefectures of Inner Mongolia west of the Greater Khingan. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain,the largest plain in China,with an area of over 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi). It is separated from Russian Far East to the north by the Amur,Argun,and Ussuri Rivers;from Korea to the south by the Yalu and Tumen Rivers;and from Inner Mongolia to the west by the Greater Khingan and parts of the Xiliao River.
Jilin City is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of the 2020 census,3,623,713 people resided within its administrative area of 27,166.37 square kilometres (10,488.99 sq mi) and 1,895,865 in its built-up area consisting of four urban districts. A prefecture-level city,it is the only major city nationally that shares its name with its province.
Heihe is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province,China,located on the Russian border,on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River,across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census,1,286,401 people lived in the prefecture-level city of whom 223,832 lived in the built-up area made of Aihui District.
Mudanjiang,alternately romanized as Mutankiang,is a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of Heilongjiang province,People's Republic of China. It was called Botankou under Japanese occupation. It serves as a regional transport hub with a railway junction and an international airport connecting with several major Chinese cities as well as Incheon International Airport serving Seoul. Mudanjiang is located 248 km (154 mi) from Vladivostok,Russia. In 2011,Mudanjiang had a GDP of RMB 93.48 billion with a 15.1% growth rate. In 2015,Mudanjiang had a GDP of RMB 118.63 billion.
Baicheng is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province,People's Republic of China,bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 2010 census,2,033,058 people lived within its administrative area of 25,683 km2 (9,916 sq mi).
Siping,formerly Sipingjie,is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province,People's Republic of China. It has a total population of 1,814,733 inhabitants,as of the 2020 census. Siping covers an area of 14,323 km2 (5,530 sq mi) and is located in the middle of the Songliao Plain,near the border with Liaoning and Inner Mongolia provinces.
Yichun is a prefecture-level city on the Songhua river in Heilongjiang province,People's Republic of China. The city is separated from Russia by the Amur River and has an international border of 246 kilometres (153 mi). At the 2010 census,Yichun has a total population of 1,148,126 while 729,202 people live in 15 districts separated by forests. The greening rate of Yichun is up to 83%. The nickname of Yichun is Lindu.
Jixi is a city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province,People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census,1,502,060 people resided within its administrative area of 22,488.47 square kilometres (8,682.85 sq mi) and 560,118 in its built-up area made up of 3 out of 6 urban districts. Jixi is on the Muling River about 30 km (19 mi) from the border with Russia's Primorsky Krai and 120 km (75 mi) from Lake Xingkai. The mayor of Jixi is Zhang Changrong (张常荣) since June 2015. The area is one of the important coal mining bases in China. A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde was named after the city.
Suihua is a prefecture-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province,People's Republic of China,adjacent to Yichun to the east,Harbin,the provincial capital,to the south,Daqing to the west and Heihe to the north. It has 3,756,167 inhabitants at the 2020 census,of whom 698,025 lived in the built-up area made of Beilin District.
The Defense of Harbin occurred at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War,as part of the campaign of the Invasion of Manchuria by forces of the Empire of Japan from 25 January to 4 February 1932. The Japanese took the city only after a long battle against the Chinese.
The Pacification of Manchukuo was a Japanese counterinsurgency campaign to suppress any armed resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo from various anti-Japanese volunteer armies in occupied Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. The operations were carried out by the Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army and the collaborationist forces of the Manchukuo government from March 1932 until 1942,and resulted in a Japanese victory.
Fuyu is a county of western Heilongjiang province,China,under the administration of Qiqihar Cit. Various economic crops and the milk are produced in the fertile land. The county has an area of 4,026 square kilometres (1,554 sq mi),and has a population of approximately 300,000 inhabitants,per a 2023 government publication.
Hunchun is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture,far eastern Jilin province. It borders North Korea and Russia,has over 250,000 inhabitants,and covers 5,145 square kilometers. The site of the eastern capital of the Balhae Kingdom between 785 and 793,Donggyeong,was located here.
Yilan County is a county of Heilongjiang Province,Northeast China,it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin,the capital of Heilongjiang. It is more than 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the east-northeast of central Harbin. Its county seat,which is also called Yilan,is located near the confluence of the Mudan River with the Sungari. The easternmost county-level division of Harbin City,it borders Fangzheng County to the southwest,Tonghe County to the west,as well as the prefecture-level cities of Yichun to the north,Jiamusi to the northeast,Qitaihe to the southeast,and Mudanjiang to the south.
Harbinxi (West) railway station is a railway station on the Jingha Railway and the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Harbin,in the Heilongjiang province of China.
Yang Xin is a former Chinese politician from Heilongjiang Province. He was the Party Secretary and Mayor of Qiqihar,and prior to that Mayor of Daqing. In September 2014 Yang was investigated by the Communist Party's anti-corruption body.
Heilongjiang Crane City Football Club is an amateur Chinese football club. The team is based in Qiqihar,Heilongjiang. They played at the 15,000-capacity Hecheng Stadium in Qiqihar.
