Yichun, Heilongjiang
Yichun
伊春市 I-ch'un | |
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Overview of Yimei, Yichun | |
| Nickname: Forest capital (林都) | |
Location of Yichun City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China | |
| Coordinates (Yichun municipal government): 47°43′41″N 128°50′28″E / 47.728°N 128.841°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| County-level divisions | 17 |
| Municipal seat | Yimei District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Yichun Secretary | Wang Aiwen (王爱文) |
| • Mayor | Gao Huan (高环) |
| Area | |
| 39,017 km2 (15,065 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | |
| 1,148,126 | |
| • Urban | 598,000 |
| • Metro | 729,202 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 24.8 billion US$ 4.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 20,335 US$ 3,265 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| ZIP code | 153000 |
| Area code | 0458 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HL-07 |
| Licence plates | 黑F |
| Climate | Dwb |
| Website | yc |
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"Yichun", as written in Chinese calligraphy | |||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 伊春 | ||||||||
| Postal | Ichun | ||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᡳᡧᡠᠨ | ||||||||
| Romanization | Išun | ||||||||
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| Russian | Ичунь | ||||||||
Yichun (Chinese: 伊春; pinyin: Yīchūn) is a prefecture-level city on the Songhua river in Heilongjiang province, China. The city is separated from Russia by the Amur River and has an international border of 246 kilometres (153 mi). According to the 2010 census, it had a total population of 1,148,126 with 729,202 people living in 15 districts separated by forests. The greening rate of Yichun is up to 83%. The nickname of Yichun is Lindu (Chinese: 林都; pinyin: Líndū; lit. 'forest capital').