Longjiang () is a

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under the jurisdiction of

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

City in the west of

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

province of the

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, bordering

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to the west and southwest. It is the home of astronaut

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. The county has an area of and a population of approximately 600,000.

Administrative divisions

Longjiang County is divided into 8 towns and 6 townships. ;8 towns * Longjiang (), Jingxing (), Longxing (), Shanquan (), Qikeshu (), Xingshan (),

Baishan Baishan (, ko, 백산시) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin province, in the Dongbei (northeastern) part of China. "" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Changbai Mountain (, also known as Paektu Mountain (Kor ...

(), Touzhan () ;6 townships * Heigang (), Guanghou (), Huamin (), Harahai (), Luhe (), Jiqinhe ()

Climate

References

Districts of Qiqihar {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub