Wudalianchi (), formerly Dedu County (), is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

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, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

Heihe Heihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1 ...

. It contains a

volcanic field A volcanic field is an area of Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. The type and number of volcanoes required to be called a "field" is not well-defined. Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters of up to 100 volcanoes ...

. The city's name means "five joint ponds" and refers to a set of interconnected lakes formed after the

eruption Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often ...

of the

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es of Laoheishan (, means "Old Black Mountain") and Huoshaoshan (, means "Fire Burn Mountain") in 1720–21. WudalianchiGeopark

The city is served by

Wudalianchi Dedu Airport Wudalianchi Dedu Airport is an airport serving the city of Wudalianchi in Heilongjiang province of Northeast China. It is located southwest of the city center and from Wudalianchi National Park. It received approval from the State Council of ...

Administrative divisions

Wudalianchi City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns and 4 townships. ;1 subdistrict * Qingshan () ;7 towns * Long (), Heping (), Wudalianchi (), Shuangquan (), Xinfa (), Tuanjie (), Xinglong () ;4 townships * Jianshe (), Taiping (), Xing'an (),

Zhaoyang Zhaoyang District () is the only district and the seat of the city of Zhaotong, in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China. It borders the provinces of Guizhou to the southeast and Sichuan to the west. Administrative divisions Zhaoyang County ...

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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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Climate

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County level divisions of Heilongjiang Cities in Heilongjiang Volcanoes of China Landforms of Heilongjiang Heihe {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub

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