Bei'an

'''Bei'an''' () is a county-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province in the People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of Heihe. Bei'an was the provincial capital of Bei'an province of Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan during the Second World War. Bei'an received the unofficial moniker of "Gun City" because it was the location of Factory #626; which mainly manufactured Chinese clones of WW2 firearms and Type 56 rifles. Eventually, it was privatized in the 1980s as the Shougang Kingho Plant until it went bankrupt in 2006. Six years later, a museum detailing the his

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Settlement.name: Bei'an
Settlement.other_name: Pei-an
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: Sculpture_on_Longjiang_Road,_Bei'an,_Aug_2019.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Sculpture on Longjiang Road, Bei'an
Settlement.image_map: ChinaHeiheBeian.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Bei'an City within Heihe
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Heilongjiang
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Heilongjiang
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Heilongjiang
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Heihe
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Township-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name3: 6 subdistricts5 towns4 townships
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat

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Official name: 龙门县
Population: 308237
Area: 7192.99
Elevation: 266
Official website: www.hljba.gov.cn
Image: 北安市乌裕尔街街景2017.jpg

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Commons category: Bei'an
postal code: 164000
inception: 1916-03-01

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==Administrative divisions== thumb|left|Map including Bei'an (labeled as PEI-AN ) (Army Map Service|AMS, 1951) There are six subdistricts, five towns and four townships under the city's administration: