Qiqihar
Qiqihar
齐齐哈尔市 Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh, Tsitsihar | |
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| Nickname: The Crane City (鹤城) | |
Location of Qiqihar City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China | |
| Coordinates (Qiqihar municipal government): 47°21′18″N 123°55′06″E / 47.3549°N 123.9182°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| County-level divisions | 16 |
| towns and townships | 156 |
| villages | 1361 |
| Established | 1125 |
| Municipal seat | Jianhua District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Qiqihar Secretary | Sun Shen (孙珅) |
| • Mayor | Li Yugang (李玉刚) |
| Area | |
| 42,205.82 km2 (16,295.76 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 4,039.3 km2 (1,559.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 970.3 km2 (374.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 4,067,489 | |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,406,987 |
| • Urban density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 959,787 |
| • Metro density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 127 billion US$ 20.4 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 23,041 US$ 3,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 161000 |
| Area code | 0452 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HL-02 |
| License Plate | 黑B |
| Administrative division code | 230200 |
| Climate | Dwa |
| Website | |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 齐齐哈尔 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 齊齊哈爾 | ||||||||
| Postal | Tsitsihar | ||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᠴᡳᠴᡳᡤᠠᡵ | ||||||||
| Romanization | Cicigar | ||||||||
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, while the total population of the prefecture-level city was shrinking to 4,067,489 as of the 2020 census (5,367,003 as of 2010). These are mainly Han Chinese, though the city is also home to thirty-four minorities including Manchus, Daur, and Mongols. Numerous wetlands are close to Qiqihar, including the Zhalong Nature Reserve, famous in China for being home to numerous red-crowned cranes.