Qiqihar

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齐齐哈尔市
Qíqíhā'ěr Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	42,469 km²
Population (2005) - Metropolitan area	5,611,000 883,550
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥ ¥
Major Nationalities	Han, Manchu, Mongol, Hui
County-level divisions	16
Township-level divisions	?
Area code	0452
Postal Code	161000
License Plate Prefix	黑B

Qiqihar ( Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a major city in the Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and has 895,000 inhabitants. Generally there are Han-Chinese and the minority are among others Manchu, Daur and Mongolians. Close to Qiqihar are numerous wetlands and the Zhalong Nature Reserve, famous in China for being home to numerous red-crowned cranes.

Contents

1 Geography
2 Subdivisions
3 History
4 Tourism
5 Sports

Geography

The population is about 5.611 million, where 883,550 (January 1st, 2005) people live in the city. The area is 4.310 km²; 42.469 km² including suburbs. It is about 146 m above sea level and the annual rainfall is 415 mm. Average temperature is 3.2°C (January -25.7°C, July 22.8°C).

Subdivisions

Qiqihar is divided into 16 divisions: 7 districts (区/區 qū), 8 counties (县/縣 xiàn) and 1 county-level city (县級市/縣級市 xiànjí shì).

The urban area includes Tiefeng District, Longsha District and Jianhua District.

Districts:

Longsha District (龙沙区/龍沙區)
Ang'angxi District (昂昂溪区)
Tiefeng District (铁锋区/鐵锋區)
Jianhua District (建华区/建華區)
Fularji District 富拉尔基区/富拉爾基區
Nianzishan District(碾子山区)
Meilisi District (梅裡斯区)

County-level city:

Nehe City (讷河市/訥河市)

Counties:

Fuyu County 富裕县)
Baiquan County (拜泉县)
Gannan County, Heilongjiang (甘南县)
Yi'an County (依安县)
Keshan County (克山县)
Tailai County (泰来县/泰來縣)
Kedong County (克东县/克東縣)
Longjiang County (龙江县/龍江縣)

Prefecture-level divisions of Heilongjiang

'''Sub-provincial cities:	Harbin
'''Prefecture-level cities:	Daqing \| Hegang \| Heihe \| Jiamusi \| Jixi Mudanjiang \| Qiqihar \| Qitaihe \| Shuangyashan \| Suihua \| Yichun
'''Prefectures:	Daxing'anling Prefecture

List of Heilongjiang County-level divisions

History

Qiqihar is one of the oldest cities in the northeast of China and was founded in 1691. From 1931 until 1945 it was an important military base for the Japanese control of northeastern China.

A major mustard gas tank leftover from the Second Sino-Japanese War buried underground was accidentally damaged in 2003. It caused major injuries and one death.

Tourism

Zhalong Nature Reserve
Longsha Park
Zen Monastery
Labor Lake
New cultural sites at Ang'angxi
Wan Shin Buddhist Temple
Mingyue Island

Sports

Qiqihar has an ice hockey team that plays in Asia League Ice Hockey. Their team mascot is the snow leopard.

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