Daxing'anling Prefecture (), also known as Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, is the northernmost Chinese

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, located in northwestern

Heilongjiang 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 province ...

Province. It covers and has a population of 520,000, as of 2004. It is named after the Greater Khingan Range (Daxing'anling; ; Amba Hinggan Dabagan) Mountains. In 2007 it had a GDP of

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6.1 billion and a growth rate of 11.1%. In 2015 Daxing'anling Prefecture had a GDP of

13.49 billion, while a GDP of

15.39 billion in the year 2014.

Administrative divisions

Daxing'anling Prefecture administrates 1 county-level city, 2 counties, and 4 administration zones. These counties and management districts contain 6 urban

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s, 24

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s, 2 ethnic townships, 41 residential communities, and 80 villages.

Forestry divisions

Administrate by the

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's Heilongjiang Daxing'anling Forestry Group Corporation () with 10 Forestry Bureaux and 61 Woodlands. Administrate by Daxing'anling Prefecture Administrative Operation Forestry Bureau () with 3 County-level Forestry Bureaux and 6 Woodlands.

References

External links

Official website of Daxing'anling Prefecture government
Prefecture-level divisions of Heilongjiang {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub