Qiqihar ( ; Manchu: Cicigar hoton) is a major
city in the Heilongjiang
Province, Northeast
China. It has 895,000 inhabitants.
These are mainly
Han Chinese and the resident minorities
are, among others, Manchu, Daur, and Mongolians
.Close to Qiqihar are numerous wetlands and
the
Zhalong Nature Reserve,
famous in China for being home to numerous
red-crowned cranes.
History
Qiqihar is one of the oldest cities in the northeast of China and
was founded in 1691.
From 1931 until 1945 it was an important
military base for the Japanese
control of
northeastern China, going by the name Tsitsihar. During the
occupation, the
Imperial Japanese
Army established in Qiqihar chemical research
unit 516 for
chemical warfare.
A major
mustard gas tank leftover from
the
Second Sino-Japanese
War buried underground was accidentally damaged in 2003. It
caused major injuries and one death.
Geography
The population is about 6.011 million, where 1,438,550 (January 1,
2005) people live in the city. The area is 4,310 km²; 42,469 km²
including suburbs. It is about 146 m above sea level and the annual
rainfall is 415 mm. Average temperature is 3.2°C (January –25.7°C,
July 22.8°C). Qiqihar is a principal Chinese city, the second
largest in Heilongjiang Province and the 13th largest in China
(based on total population).
Subdivisions
Qiqihar is divided into 16 divisions: 7
districts (区/區
qū),
8
counties (县/縣
xiàn)
and 1
county-level city
(县级市/縣級市
xiànjí shì).
The urban area includes Tiefeng District, Longsha District and
Jianhua District.
Districts:
County-level city:
Counties:
Tourism
Sports
Qiqihar was previously home to an
Asia League Ice Hockey team which
used the
snow leopard as a mascot.
The team
later became Changchun Fuao, relocating
to Changchun
, Jilin
Province. Qiqihar will play host to the 2007
IIHF World Championships Division
I, Group A.
Education
Transport
Qiqihar has a railway station, a bus network and there are many
taxis.
File:Old Qiqihar Station 01.jpg|The old station building, now used
for first classFile:Qiqihar Station 01.jpgFile:Qiqihar Station
02.jpg|The new station building
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(碾子山区)
City (讷河市/訥河市)
(甘南县)
(依安县)
(龙江县/龍江縣)
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