Bayan County () is a
county
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of
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost provinc ...
,
Northeast
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China
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, it is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders
Mulan County to the east,
Bin County to the south,
Hulan District
Hulan District () is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China. It covers part of the northeastern suburbs. The district was approved to establish from the former ''Hulan C ...
to the west, as well as the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Suihua
Suihua () is a prefecture-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, adjacent to Yichun to the east, Harbin, the provincial capital, to the south, Daqing to the west and Heihe to the north. It has 3,756,167 inha ...
to the north.
Administrative divisions
There are ten
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and eight
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in the county:
Towns (镇）
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Bayan ()
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Xinglong ()
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Xiji ()
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Longquan
Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sout ...
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Bayangang ()
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Longmiao ()
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Wanfa ()
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Tianzeng ()
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Heishan ()
Townships (乡)
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Songhuajiang Township Songhuajiang (松花江) could refer to the following locations in China:
*Songhua River, sometimes rendered by its pinyin name incorrectly as "Songhuajiang"; major river in the Northeast
*Harbin Railway Station, formerly known as Songhuajiang Rail ...
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Fujiang Township ()
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Huashan Township ()
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Fengle Township ()
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Dexiang Township ()
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Hongguang Township ()
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Shanhou Township ()
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Zhendong Township ()
Demographics
The population of the district was in 1999.
[National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in']
China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
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Climate
References
Bayan
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