Daqing

Daqing
Daqing
	"Daqing", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	大庆
Traditional Chinese	大慶
Postal	Taching
Literal meaning	Great Celebration
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dàqìng
Wade–Giles	Ta⁴-chʻing⁴
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дачин хот
Mongolian script	ᠳᠠᠴᠢᠩ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	dačiŋ ꭓota
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡩᠠᡴᠠᠩ ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ
Romanization	Daking hoton

Daqing

大庆市
Daqing 大庆市
Prefecture-level city
	Around Sanyong Lake, 2017
	Location of Daqing City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light gray) and China
	Daqing Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang Daqing Daqing (China)
	Coordinates (Daqing municipal government): 46°35′20″N 125°06′14″E / 46.589°N 125.104°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	9
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CPC Daqing Secretary	Han Lihua (韩立华)
• Mayor	He Zhonghua (何忠华)
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 (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,781,562
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
• Urban	1,754,655
• Urban density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
• Metro	1,574,389
• Metro density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 298.4 billion; US$ 47.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 107,419; US$ 17,247
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	163000
Area code	0459
ISO 3166 code	CN-HL-06
Licence plates	黑E
Climate	Dwa
Website	www.daqing.gov.cn

Daqing (simplified Chinese: 大庆; traditional Chinese: 大慶; pinyin: Dàqìng) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The name literally means "Great Celebration" and refers to the tenth anniversary of the PRC.^[2]^: 2 Daqing is known as the "Oil Capital of China" and has experienced a phenomenal boom since oil was discovered at the Daqing Oil Field in 1959.^[3]

Its population was 2,781,562 as of the 2020 census, of whom 1,574,389 lived in the built-up (or metro) area in four out of the total of five urban districts: Sartu, Longfeng, Ranghulu and Honggang.

^ "China: Hēilóngjiāng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ Hou, Li (2021). Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist State. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-26022-1.
^ 1959年发现大庆油田：中国结束油荒历史. Netease (in Chinese). 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[1] "China: Hēilóngjiāng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[:0-2] Hou, Li (2021). Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist State. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-26022-1.

[1959discover-3] 1959年发现大庆油田：中国结束油荒历史. Netease (in Chinese). 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

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