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Daqing
prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daqing (Chinese: 大庆; pinyin: Dàqìng; used to be romanized as Taching) is a city in Heilongjiang province, China. Daqing is a prefecture-level city, which means it ranks below a province and above a county. The city is called the "Oil Capital of China" because oil was discovered at the Daqing Oil Field in 1959.[2] It is one of China's most well-known places because of this.
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Daqing
大庆市 | |
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![]() View from Sanyong Lake | |
![]() Daqing City (red) in Heilongjiang (orange) | |
Coordinates: 46°35′N 125°00′E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Heilongjiang |
County-level divisions | 9 |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture-level city |
• CPC Daqing Secretary | Han Xuejian (韩学键) |
• Mayor | Xia Lihua (夏立华) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 22,161 km2 (8,556 sq mi) |
• Urban | 5,107 km2 (1,972 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,734.6 km2 (1,055.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
Population (2010 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,904,532 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,649,825 |
• Urban density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,415,268 |
• Metro density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 163000 |
Area code | 0459 |
Licence plates | 黑E |
ISO 3166-2 | cn-23-06 |
GDP (2010) | CNY 290.0 billion (35th) |
- per capita | CNY 103,576 (5th) |
Climate | Dwa |
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The population of Daqing was 2,963,458 in 2010. Close to 1,400,000 people lived in the urban parts of town.[1]