Jixi

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

Jixi 鸡西市 Kisih, Kihsi
Prefecture-level city
a trunk road in Jiguan District
Location of Jixi City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China
Jixi Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
Coordinates (Jixi municipal government): 45°17′42″N 130°58′08″E / 45.295°N 130.969°E / 45.295; 130.969
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	6 districts 2 county-level cities 1 county
Township divisions	459
Incorporated (town)	September 1, 1941
Incorporated (city)	March 7, 1957
Municipal seat	Jiguan District
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• Mayor	Zhang Changrong (张常荣)
• CPC Jixi Secretary	Kang Zhiwen (康志文)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	22,488.47 km2 (8,682.85 sq mi)
• Urban	2,208.5 km2 (852.7 sq mi)
• Metro	899.1 km2 (347.1 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	1,502,060
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	683,232
• Urban density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
• Metro	560,118
• Metro density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han - 95% Korean - 3% Manchu - 2%
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 51.5 billion US$ 8.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 28,223 US$ 4,531
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	158100
Area code	0467
ISO 3166 code	CN-HL-03
Administrative division code	230300
License Plate Prefix	黑G
Climate	Dwb
Website	www.jixi.gov.cn

Jixi
"Jixi", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	鸡西
Traditional Chinese	鷄西
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīxī
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡤᡳᡥᡳ
Romanization	Gisi
Russian name
Russian	Цзиси

Jixi (simplified Chinese: 鸡西; traditional Chinese: 雞西; pinyin: Jīxī) is a city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, 1,502,060 people resided within its administrative area of 22,488.47 square kilometres (8,682.85 sq mi) and 560,118 in its built-up (or metro) area made up of 3 out of 6 urban districts (including Jiguan, Hengshan and Chengzihe). Jixi is on the Muling River about 30 km (19 mi) from the border with Russia's Primorsky Krai and 120 km (75 mi) from Lake Xingkai. The mayor of Jixi is Zhang Changrong (张常荣) since June 2015. The area is one of the important coal mining bases in China. A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde was named after the city.