Province: | Heilongjiang
Official Name: | Hēilóngjiāngshěng
Status: | Province
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Population Figure: | As of the 2020 census, Heilongjiang's population was approximately 31.85 million.
Area: | 489,000 square kilometer
Location: | North-China Adjacent provinces: Inner Mongolia, Jilin
Capital City: | Harbin
Sights: | The Harbin Snow and Ice Festival officially runs from January 5 until February 15, but usually you can see the sculpures till March, when it is still cold enough.
General Information: | Heilongjiang is the original area of the Manchu, whose predecessors founded the Jin-Dynasty in Harbin. The Russians built a railroad in Manchuria leading to Vladivostok, in 1905 the Japanese gained control over it.
Links: | www.hlj.gov.cn : Heilongjiang’s official website http://www.china.org.cn/english/ China Internet Information Center
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