Nenjiang City (), formerly Nenjiang County, is a

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under the administration of

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in northwestern

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province, China. It is located on the river of the same name (

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), which also forms part of the provincial border with

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, more than southwest of the urban area of Heihe. The city seat is

Nenjiang Town Nenjiang () is a town in and the seat of the city of Nenjiang, in northwestern Heilongjiang province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and sitting on the east (left) bank of the Nen River. , it has 12 residential communities ...

. Land area , population 500,000.

History

Under the name Mergen or Merghen (, ''Mò'ěrgēn''), Nenjiang was the provincial capital and seat of the military governor of

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in 1690–1699.

Geography and climate

Nenjiang has a

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-influenced

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(

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''Dwb''), with long, harsh, but dry winters, and short, very warm summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July; the year averages out at only . Around 80% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 53% in July to 74% in February, sunshine is generous year-round, totalling 2,726 hours annually.

Administrative divisions

Nenjiang City is divided into 9 towns and 5 townships. ;9 towns * Nenjiang (), Yilaha (), Shuangshan (), Duobaoshan (), Haijiang (), Qianjin (), Zhangfu (),

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(), Huolongmen () ;5 townships *

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(), Lianxing (), Baiyun (),

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(), Changjiang ()

References

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