Nenjiang City (), formerly Nenjiang County, is a

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under the administration of

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in northwestern

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province, China. It is located on the river of the same name (

Nen River The Nen River or Nenjiang (), or Nonni () is a river in Northeast China. The Nen River flows through the northern part of Heilongjiang Province and the northeastern section of Inner Mongolia, some parts of the river forming the border between the ...

), which also forms part of the provincial border with

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, more than southwest of the urban area of Heihe. The city seat is

Nenjiang Town Nenjiang () is a town in and the seat of the city of Nenjiang, in northwestern Heilongjiang province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and sitting on the east (left) bank of the Nen River. , it has 12 residential communities ...

. Land area , population 500,000.

History

Nenjiang (also known as Mergen at the time) was the capital (seat of the Military Governor) of Heilongjiang Province in 1690–1699.

Geography and climate

Nenjiang has a

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-influenced

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(

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''Dwb''), with long, harsh, but dry winters, and short, very warm summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July; the year averages out at only . Around 80% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 53% in July to 74% in February, sunshine is generous year-round, totalling 2,726 hours annually.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Nenjiang City is divided into 9 towns and 5 townships. ;9 towns * Nenjiang (), Yilaha (), Shuangshan (), Duobaoshan (), Haijiang (), Qianjin (), Zhangfu (), Keluo (), Huolongmen () ;5 townships *

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References

County level divisions of Heilongjiang Cities in Heilongjiang Heihe {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub