Heilongjiang

Province in China

Heilongjiang 黑龙江
Province
Province of Heilongjiang
Chinese transcription(s)
• Simplified Chinese	黑龙江省
• Hanyu pinyin	Hēilóngjiāng Shěng
• Abbreviation	HL / 黑 (Hēi)
Hailin in the winter time
Map showing the location of Heilongjiang Province
Coordinates: 48°N 129°E / 48°N 129°E / 48; 129
Country	China
Named for	黑 hēi—black 龙 lóng—dragon 江 jiāng—river Amur River
Capital (and largest city)	Harbin
Divisions	13 prefectures, 130 counties, 1274 townships
Government
• Type	Province
• Body	Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress
• CCP Secretary	Xu Qin
• Congress chairman	Xu Qin
• Governor	Liang Huiling
• CPPCC chairman	Lan Shaomin
• National People's Congress Representation	84 deputies
Area [1]
• Total	454,800 km2 (175,600 sq mi)
• Rank	6th
Highest elevation (Mt. Datudingzi)	1,690 m (5,540 ft)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	31,850,088
• Rank	20th
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Rank	28th
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	Han: 95% Manchu: 3% Korean: 1% Mongol: 0.4% Hui: 0.3%
• Languages and dialects	Northeastern Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Mongolian, Manchu, Russian
GDP[3]
• Total	CN¥ 1.59 trillion US$ 236 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 51,906 US$ 7,717
ISO 3166 code	CN-HL
HDI (2021)	0.743[4] (22nd) – high
Website	www.hlj.gov.cn (in Chinese)

Heilongjiang
"Heilongjiang" in simplified (top) and traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	黑龙江
Traditional Chinese	黑龍江
Postal	Heilungkiang
Literal meaning	"Black Dragon River"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hēilóngjiāng Bopomofo ㄏㄟ   ㄌㄨㄥˊ   ㄐㄧㄤ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Heilongjiang Wade–Giles Hei1-lung2-chiang1 IPA [xéɪ.lʊ̌ŋ.tɕjáŋ] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing حِ‌ِلْوڭِیَانْ Wu Romanization Ha平 lon上 kaon平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hāak-lùhng-gōng Jyutping Haak1-lung4-gong1 IPA [haːk̚˥.loŋ˩.kɔːŋ˥] Southern Min Tâi-lô Hik-lîng-kang
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠮᠦ᠌ᠷᠡᠨ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Qaramörin
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᡠᠯᠠ ᠮᡤᠣᠯᠣ
Romanization	Sahaliyan'ula golo

History of the Priamurye region
also including Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast and southern part of Khabarovsk Krai
Sushen Mohe • Shiwei Balhae Khitan Liao dynasty • Daurs Jin dynasty (1115–1234) • Nivkh Eastern Jin (1215–1234) Yuan dynasty • Evenks Yeren Jurchens • Solon Khanate Nurgan Regional Military Commission Qing dynasty • Nanais • Ulchs Russian Exploration • Negidals Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) Nerchinsk Government-General of Eastern Siberia Aigun Li–Lobanov Treaty Siberian Regional Government Far Eastern Republic Far Eastern Oblast Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945) Sino-Soviet border conflict Far Eastern Federal District
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Heilongjiang^[a] is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the junction of the Amur and Ussuri rivers).

The province is bordered by Jilin to the south and Inner Mongolia to the west. It also shares a border with Russia (Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai and Zabaykalsky Krai) to the north and east. The capital and the largest city of the province is Harbin. Among Chinese provincial-level administrative divisions, Heilongjiang is the sixth-largest by total area, the 15th-most populous, and the second-poorest by GDP per capita after only Gansu province.

The province takes its name from the Amur River which marks the border between the People's Republic of China and Russia.

Heilongjiang has significant agricultural production,^[6] and raw materials, such as timber, oil and coal.

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