Tonghe County () is under the administration of
Harbin, the capital of
Heilongjiang
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province, People's Republic of China, located on the northern (left) bank of the
Songhua River
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. It is to the east of central Harbin, bordering
Yilan County to the east,
Fangzheng County to the south,
Mulan County to the west, as well as the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China ...
of
Yichun to the north.
Geography and climate
Tonghe County has a
monsoon
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-influenced
humid continental climate
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(
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dwa/Dwb''), with long, very dry, bitterly cold winters, very warm and humid summers, and short, rather dry spring and autumn in between. Its location in the
Songhua River
The Songhua or Sunghwa River (also Haixi or Xingal, russian: Сунгари ''Sungari'') is one of the primary rivers of China, and the longest tributary of the Amur. It flows about from the Changbai Mountains on the China–North Korea bo ...
Valley at an elevation of allows for cool air to pool in and around the county seat, depressing temperatures slightly as compared to Harbin. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . Close to 65% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 46% in July to 66% in February, the area receives 2,413 hours of bright sunshine annually, with the latter half of winter being especially sunny.
Administrative divisions
There are eight
towns in the county:
Towns
*
Tonghe ()
*
Wuyapao ()
*
Qinghe ()
*
Nonghe ()
*
Fengshan ()
*
Xiangshun ()
*
Sanzhan ()
*
Fulin ()
Demographics
The population of the district was in 1999.
[National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in']
China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
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Transport
* China National Highway 221
* G1011 Harbin–Tongjiang Expressway
See also
References
External links
*
Government site
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{{County-level divisions of Heilongjiang
Tonghe