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Hegang
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Hegang (, also known as Heli and Xingshan) is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province of China, situated in the southeastern section of the Lesser Khingan Range, facing Jiamusi across the Songhua River to the south and Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast across the Amur River to the north. Hegang is one of the principal coal-producing cities in China. Hegang covers an administrative area of and according to the 2020 Chinese census, has a population of 891,271 inhabitants, of whom 545,404 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts.By the end of 2024, the total regist
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hegang
- Settlement.native_name
- 鹤岗市
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- zh-Hans
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- Prefecture-level city
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- 鹤岗市.jpg
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- Hegang city montage
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- Location of Hegang Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png
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- Location of Hegang City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey)
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- Heilongjiang
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- Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
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- right
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- 240
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Heilongjiang
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- County-level divisions
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- 8
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- ᡥᡝᡤᠠᠩ
- Population
- 891271
- Area
- 14665.01
- Elevation
- 280
- Official website
- www.hegang.gov.cn
- Image
- 鹤岗市.jpg
- Dialing code
- 468 (в уездах Лобэй и Суйбинь)
- Licence plate code
- 黑H
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- Commons category
- Hegang
- postal code
- 154100
- inception
- 1906-00-00
- native label
- 鹤岗
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- History
- Early history
- People's Republic of China
- Geography
- Climate
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- Demographics
- Economy
- Mining accidents
- Education
- Transport
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- References
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Hegang (, also known as Heli and Xingshan) is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province of China, situated in the southeastern section of the Lesser Khingan Range, facing Jiamusi across the Songhua River to the south and Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast across the Amur River to the north. Hegang is one of the principal coal-producing cities in China. Hegang covers an administrative area of and according to the 2020 Chinese census, has a population of 891,271 inhabitants, of whom 545,404 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts.By the end of 2024, the total registered population of the city will be 935,000, including 756,000 in urban areas.
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