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Heilongjiang (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese: 黑龙江省; traditeeonal Cheenese: 黑龍江省; pinyin: Hēilóngjiāng Shěng; Postal cairt spelling: Heilungkiang) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Cheenese name for the Amur. The ane-character abbreviation is 黑 (pinyin: Hēi). The Manchu name o the region is Sahaliyan ula ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ (literally, "Black River"), frae which the name o Sakhalin is derivit, an the Mongolian name accordingly is Qaramörin.
Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省 | |
|---|---|
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 黑龙江省 (Hēilóngjiāng Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 黑 (pinyin: Hēi) |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Heilongjiang Province | |
| Named for | 黑 hēi—black 龙 lóng—dragon 江 jiāng—river "Amur River" |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Harbin |
| Divisions | 13 prefecturs, 1 coonties, 1284 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Ji Bingxuan (吉炳轩) |
| • Govrenor | Wang Xiankui (王宪魁) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 460000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 6t |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 38,312,224 |
| • Rank | 15t |
| • Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 28t |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han: 95% Manchu: 3% Korean: 1% Mongols: 0.4% Hui: 0.3% |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-23 |
| GDP (2010) | CNY 1.02 trillion US$ 151.2 billion (16t) |
| • per capita | CNY 27,076 US$ 4,000 (16t) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.808 (high) (11t) |
| Website | www.hlj.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese) |
The Amur River marks the mairch atween the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an Roushie tae the north. Heilongjiang contains Cheenae's northmaist pynt (in Mohe Coonty alang the Amur) an eastmaist pynt (at the junction o the Amur an Ussuri Rivers).
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