Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 48°N 129°E / 48°N 129°E / 48; 129
| Heilongjiang Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: 黑 (pinyin: Hēi) | |||||||||
| Origin of name | 黑 hēi—black 龙 lóng—dragon 江 jiāng—river "Amur River" |
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| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Harbin | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Ji Bingxuan (吉炳轩) | ||||||||
| Governor | Wang Xiankui (王宪魁) | ||||||||
| Area | 460,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) (6th) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 43° 25' to 53° 33' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 122° 23' to 134° 46' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
38,312,224 (15th) 80 /km2 (210 /sq mi) (28th) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 1.25 trillion US$ 198.4 billion (16th) CNY 27,076 US$ 4,000 (16th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.808 (high) (11th) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han: 95% Manchu: 3% Korean: 1% Mongol: 0.4% Hui: 0.3% |
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| Languages and dialects | {{{Dialects}}} | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 13 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 130 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1284 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-23 | ||||||||
| Official website www.hlj.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
| Template • Discussion • WikiProject China | |||||||||
| History of the Priamurye region (incl. also Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast and south. part of Khabarovsk Krai) |
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| Sushen |
| Mohe • Shiwei |
| Balhae |
| Khitan |
| Liao Dynasty • Daurs |
| Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) • Nivkh |
| Eastern Jin (1215–1234) |
| Yuan Dynasty • Evenks |
| Yeren Jurchens • Solon Khanate |
| Qing Dynasty • Nanais • Ulchs |
| Russian Exploration • Negidals |
| Manchus-Cossacks wars (1652–1689) |
| Nerchinsk |
| Government-General of Eastern Siberia |
| Aigun |
| Li-Lobanov Treaty |
| Siberian Regional Government |
| Far-Eastern Republic |
| Far-Eastern Oblast |
| Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945) |
| Sino-Soviet border conflict |
| Far Eastern Federal District |
Heilongjiang (simplified Chinese: 黑龙江省; traditional Chinese: 黑龍江省; pinyin: Hēilóngjiāng Shěng; Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑 (pinyin: Hēi). The Manchu name of the region is Sahaliyan ula ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ (literally, "Black River"), from which the name of Sakhalin is derived, and the Mongolian name accordingly is Qaramörin.
Heilongjiang borders Jilin in the south and Inner Mongolia to the west; it also borders Russia to the north and east.
The Amur River marks the border between the People's Republic of China and Russia to the north. Heilongjiang contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe County along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the junction of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers).
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