Hailun () is a city in west-central

Heilongjiang 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 Us ...

province,

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. Administratively, it is a

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under

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City.

History

Before the Qing dynasty

Hailun was one of the earliest centrally governed counties in

Province. The city was named after the Hailun River, which runs through it. The name Hailun is a variation of a Manchu word that sounds like "kailing", which means "otter". This name was chosen due to the abundance of

otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among ...

s inhabiting the nearby river. The area around Hailun was initially ruled by the

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people and was administrated from Hulan City for much of the Manchu

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Qing dynasty

By 1885 (the eleventh ruling year of the Emperor Guangxu of the

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dynasty), Hailun was administrated by the prefecture-level city of

. In 1898, the Tongken Deputy Metropolitan Government was established, and the territory of Hailun County was placed under its jurisdiction. The Tongken Deputy Metropolitan Government was dissolved in 1906.

Republic of China

In 1912, Republic of China's first year in power, Hailun Prefecture was renamed to Hailun County. In 1932, following the Japanese annexation of

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, Hailun County was absorbed into the Japanese puppet state of

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...

. On August 15, 1945, Manchukuo was liberated by the Soviet

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, and the puppet state was disestablished. The region was then handed over to the People’s Liberation Army under

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. Under the leadership of the

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, the People's Government was established in Manchuria in November 1945. Hailun County was under the direct jurisdiction of the CCP and the PLA until the founding of the

in 1949.

People's Republic of China

Since the founding of the

in 1949, Hailun County has been under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. On December 23, 1989, the State Council approved the renaming of Hailun County to Hailun City (county level).The name change did not affect the administrative jurisdiction under the city, and it was still governed through the Suihua District. On January 11, 1990, the area was officially renamed.

Geography and climate

Hailun is located on the Songnen Plain with the Lesser Khingan mountain range to the west. Its administrative area ranges in latitude from 46° 58' to 47° 52' N, and in longitude from 126° 14' to 127° 45' E. Hailun has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

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: ''Dwb''), with long, cold, and dry winters and humid, warm summers. The daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is . The daily mean temperature in July, the warmest month, is . The average annual temperature of Hailun is . Nearly two-thirds of the annual precipitation falls between June and August. With percent possible sunshine ranging from 53% in July to 71% in February, the city receives 2,680 hours of sunshine annually.

Administrative divisions

Hailun City is divided into 14 towns and 9 townships. ;14 towns * Hailun (), Haibei (), Lunhe (), Gonghe (), Haixing (), Xiangfu (), Dongfeng (), Baixiang (), Xiangrong (), Yongfu (), Zhangfa (), Lianfa (), Qianjin (), Gongrong () ;9 townships * Donglin (),

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(), Leye (), Fumin (), Fengshan (), Yonghe (), Aimin (), Zhayinhe (), Shuanglu ()

References

External links

Official website of Hailun government
* http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Hailun {{County-level divisions of Heilongjiang Cities in Heilongjiang County level divisions of Heilongjiang Suihua