Hegang

Prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China

Hegang 鹤岗市
Prefecture-level city
Hegang in 2013
Location of Hegang City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey)
Hegang Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
Coordinates (Hegang government): 47°21′00″N 130°17′53″E / 47.3501°N 130.2980°E / 47.3501; 130.2980
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	8
Settled	1906
Municipal seat	Xiangyang District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	14,679.88 km2 (5,667.93 sq mi)
• Urban	4,574.9 km2 (1,766.4 sq mi)
• Metro	4,574.9 km2 (1,766.4 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	891,271
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	545,404
• Urban density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Metro	545,404
• Metro density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 26.6 billion US$ 4.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 24,983 US$ 4,011
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	154100 - 154200
Area code	0468
ISO 3166 code	CN-HL-04
License plate prefixes	黑H
Climate	Dwb
Website	www.hegang.gov.cn

Hegang
"Hegang", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	鹤岗
Traditional Chinese	鶴崗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hègǎng
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡥᡝᡤᠠᠩ
Romanization	Heg'ang
Russian name
Russian	Хэган

Hegang (Chinese: 鹤岗; pinyin: Hègǎng, also known as Heli and Xingshan), is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, situated in the southeastern section of the Lesser Khingan Range, facing Jiamusi across the Songhua River to the south and Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast across the Amur River to the north. Hegang is one of the principal coal-producing cities in China. Hegang covers an administrative area of 14,679.88 km² (5,667.93 sq mi) and according to the 2020 Chinese census, has a population of 891,271 inhabitants, of whom 545,404 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts.