Keshan () is a county in western

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, China, about northeast of

Qiqihar Qiqihar (also spelled Tsitsihar) is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, w ...

, which administers it. It is named from a city-shaped extinct volcano, which has a name of Erkeshan in its territory. Its total area is , with a population of 460,000. Post Code: 161610. The seat of Keshan County is located in Keshan Town.

Geography and climate

Keshan has a

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(

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''Dwa/Dwb''), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and humid, very warm summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is , and July, the warmest month, averages , with an average annual temperature . A majority of the annual precipitation falls in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54% in July to 71% in February, sunshine is abundant and the area receives 2,710 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Administrative divisions

There are seven

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and eight

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in the county: Towns: * Keshan (), Beixing (),

Xicheng Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xi ...

(), Gucheng (), Beilian (), Xihe (),

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() Townships: * Henan Township (), Hebei Township (), Gubei Township (), Xilian Township (), Fazhan Township (), Xijian Township (), Xianghua Township (), Shuguang Township ()

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{{authority control Volcanoes of China Extinct volcanoes of Asia Districts of Qiqihar County level divisions of Heilongjiang Landforms of Heilongjiang