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'齐齐哈尔市
Qíqíhā'ěr Shì'

location of Qiqihar within Heilongjiang
'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' ( ; Manchu: ''Cicigar hoton'') is a major city in the Heilongjiang Province. Northeast China It has 895,000 inhabitants. These are mainly 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

Geography

Subdivisions

History

Tourism

Sports

External links

Geography

The population is about 5.611 million, where 883,550 (January 1, 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). Qiqihar is a principal Chinese city, the second largest in Heilongjiang Province and the 35th largest in China.

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)

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 was previously home to an Asia League Ice Hockey, with the snow leopard. The team has since relocated to Changchun, Jilin Province. Qiqihar will play host to the 2007 IIHF World Championships Division I, Group A.

External links

★ “Chinese Village Struggles to Save Dying Language” – New York Times article about Manchu speakers in Sānjiāzǐ (三家子), Fùyù County