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Hegang

 
Dictionary: He·gang   ('gäng') pronunciation
also Ho·kang (-käng', -gäng')

A city of extreme northeast China northeast of Harbin near the Russian border. It is a manufacturing center. Population: 594,000.

 

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Hegang
鹤岗
—  Prefecture-level city  —
Hegang Century Square
Location of Hegang Municipality within Heilongjiang Province
Hegang is located in China
Hegang
Location in China
Coordinates: 47°18′50″N 130°16′19″E / 47.31389°N 130.27194°E / 47.31389; 130.27194Coordinates: 47°18′50″N 130°16′19″E / 47.31389°N 130.27194°E / 47.31389; 130.27194
Country  China
County-level divisions 8
Settled 1906 AD
Area
 - Prefecture-level city 14,784 km2 (5,708.1 sq mi)
Elevation 280 m (919 ft)
Population (2004)
 - Prefecture-level city 1,100,000[citation needed]
 - Urban 700,000[citation needed]
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Postal code 154100 - 154200
Area code(s) +86/086
License plate prefixes 黑H
ISO 3166-2 cn-11
GDP (2007) CNY 19.6 billion
 - per capita CNY 17818
Website http://www.hegang.gov.cn

Hegang (simplified Chinese: 鹤岗 traditional Chinese: 鶴崗; pinyin: Hègǎng; also known as Haoli) is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China. Hegang is a city within a coal mining area and has a population 654,000 (third in Heilongjiang).

Subdivisions

Hegang Municipality comprises 8 administrative sub-divisions, county-level units governed directly by the municipality (second-level divisions). Of these, 6 are districts and 2 are counties. The urban and suburban areas of the city are divided into six districts.

2 counties:

District Population (2004 census) Area (km²) Density (per km²) postcode
Xiangyang District (向阳区: Xiàngyáng Qū) 100,000 9.0 1,111 154100
Gongnong District (工农区: Gōngnóng Qū) 170,000 11.0 1,545 154101
Nanshan District (南山区: Nánshān Qū) 130,000 30.0 433 154104
Xing'an District (兴安区: Xīng'ān Qū) 150,000 27 555 154102
Dongshan District (东山区: Dōngshān Qū) 90,000 4575 19 154106
Xingshan District (兴山区: Xīngshān Qū) 50,000 27.0 185 154105
City proper + inner suburbs 0.69 million 4679 147

The other two counties located further out govern semirural and rural areas[1]:

District Population (2000 census) Area (km²) Density (per km²) postcode
Luobei County (萝北县: Luóběi Xiàn) 230,000 6761 34 154200
Suibin County (绥滨县: Suíbīn Xiàn) 190,000 3344 56 156200
Peripheral areas 0.42 million 10105 41

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Heilongjiang (province, China)
China National Highway 201
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