Zhaoyuan County (), formerly Rear Gorlos Banner, is a
county
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in the west-central part of
Heilongjiang Province
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 provinc ...
, China, bordering
Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
province to the south. The southernmost
county-level division
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of
Daqing City, it has a land area of and a population of 450,000. The postal code is 166500. The county seat is located in Zhaoyuan Town.
Some farms in Zhaoyuan county with alkaline soil are experimenting rice cultivation with hybrid saltwater-tolerant rice.
Administrative divisions
Zhaoyuan consists of 8 towns and 8 townships.
*Towns:
Zhaoyuan (),
Xinzhan (),
Maoxing (),
Erzhan (),
Sanzhan (),
Toutai (),
Gulong (),
Guqia ()
*Townships:
Minyi (),
Yishun (),
Haode (),
Daxing (),
Fuxing (),
Heping (),
Chaodeng (),
Bohetai ()
Climate
References
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County level divisions of Heilongjiang
Daqing