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

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

Heilongjiang province Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Ussu ...

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, under the jurisdiction of the

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Heihe Heihe (; ; Russian language, Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Sino-Russian border, Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur River, Amur (Heilong) River, across the r ...

. 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 ...

. The city's name literal means "five great joint ponds", referring to a set of interconnected

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s formed after the

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of the Laoheishan (, means "Old Black Mountain") and Huoshaoshan (, means "Fire Burn Mountain")

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es in 1720–21. The city's territory incorporates part of a

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, which contains a APGN- and UNESCO-listed

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Administrative divisions

Wudalianchi City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns and 4 townships. ;1 subdistrict * Qingshan () ;7 towns *

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Wudalianchi Wudalianchi (), formerly Dedu County (), is a county-level city in Heilongjiang province, Northeast China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Heihe. The city is served by Wudalianchi Dedu Airport. The city's name literal mea ...

(), 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 east and Sichuan to the west. Geography Zhaoyang District borders Weining 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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