City: Heilongjiang
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese: 黑龙江省 (Hēilóngjiāng Shěng)
• Abbreviation: HL / 黑 (pinyin: Hēi)
Named for: 黑 hēi—black
龙 lóng—dragon
江 jiāng—river
"Amur River"
Capital: Qiqihar (1949–1953)
Harbin (1954–present)
Largest city: Harbin
Divisions: 13 prefectures, 130 counties, 1274 townships
Government• Secretary: Zhang Qingwei
• Governor: Wang Wentao
Area• Total: 454,800 km (175,600 sq mi)
Area rank: 6th
Population (2010)• Total: 38,312,224
• Rank: 15th
• Density: 84/km (220/sq mi)
• Density rank: 28th
Demographics• Ethnic composition: Han: 95%
Manchu: 3%
Korean: 1%
Mongol: 0.4%
Hui: 0.3%
• Languages and dialects: Northeastern Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin
ISO 3166 code: CN-23
GDP (2016): CNY 1.53 trillion
USD 232 billion (20th)
• per capita: CNY 40,365
USD 6,079 (20th)
HDI (2014): 0.755 (high) (12th)
Website: www.hlj.gov.cn
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Heilongjiang (Chinese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóngjiāng, Wade-Giles: Heilungkiang) is a province of the People's Republic of China. Located in the northeastern part of the country, Heilongjiang is bordered by Jilin to the south and Inner Mongolia to the west. It also shares a China–Russia border with Russia to the north and east. The capital and the largest city of the province is Harbin. Among Chinese provincial-level administrative divisions, Heilongjiang is the sixth-largest by total area and the 15th-most populous.
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