Suifenhe
Suifenhe
绥芬河市 | |
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Clockwise from top: Suifenhe Railway Station, Da Guangming Temple, "National Gate" on the China–Russia border, downtown Suifenhe, Central Square | |
Suifenhe in Mudanjiang | |
| Coordinates (Suifenhe municipal government): 44°24′45″N 131°09′06″E / 44.4124°N 131.1518°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Mudanjiang |
| Township-level divisions | 2 towns |
| Municipal seat | Suifenhe Town (绥芬河镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 460 km2 (180 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 464 m (1,522 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 100,000 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 157300 |
| Area code | 0453 |
| Climate | Dwb |
| Website | suifenhe |
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| Simplified Chinese | 绥芬河 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 綏芬河 | ||||||||
| Postal | Suifenho | ||||||||
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Suifenhe (Chinese: 绥芬河) is a county-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, located where the former Chinese Eastern Railway crosses the border with Russia's town of Pogranichny, Primorsky Krai. In January 2014, Suifenhe became the only Chinese city in which trading with Russian Ruble is officially allowed. The city shares its name with the Suifen River, and is under the administration of Mudanjiang Prefecture-level City.
Suifenhe and the surrounding border areas were scenes of vicious combat when the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria in August 1945.