Sunwu County () is a county under the administration of
Heihe
Heihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1,2 ...
City in the north of
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, China, situated on the bank of
Amur River
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...
, which demarcates the Sino-Russian border. The length of border line within Sunwu county is .
Sunwu County is surrounded by
Lesser Khingan
Lesser Khingan (; russian: Малый Хинган, ''Maly Khingan'') is a mountain range in China's Heilongjiang province and the adjacent parts of Russia's Amur Oblast and Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Mountains, and its
forest cover
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age is 45%. The
urbanization
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level is 40%.
Geography and climate
Sunwu County has a
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...
-influenced
humid continental climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dwb'') with very warm, humid summers and severely cold, extremely dry winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to , while the annual mean is . More than three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 52% in July to 73% in February, the area receives 2,576 hours of bright sunshine annually.
Administrative divisions
There are two
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and nine
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
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:
*
Sunwu
Sunwu County () is a county under the administration of Heihe City in the north of Heilongjiang province, China, situated on the bank of Amur River, which demarcates the Sino-Russian border. The length of border line within Sunwu county is .
Sunw ...
(),
Chenqing ()
Townships:
*
Xixing Township
Xixing () is a metro station, station on Line 1, Hangzhou Metro, Line 1 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It was opened in November 2012, together with the rest of the stations on Line 1. It is located in the Binjiang District of Hangzhou.
File: ...
(),
Yanjiang Manchu Township
Yanjiang () is the only district of the city of Ziyang, Sichuan Province, China. The district is located directly southeast of Chengdu. The district was established on June 14, 2000, by the State Council of China.
History
Prior to annexation o ...
(),
Yaotun Township (),
Woniuhe Township (),
Qunshan Township (),
Fendou Township (),
Hongqi Township (),
Zhengyangshan Township (),
Qingxi Township ()
Transport
*
China National Highway 202
China National Highway 202 (G202) runs from Heihe in Heilongjiang to Lushunkou in Liaoning. It is 1,818 kilometres in length and runs south from Heihe, going via Harbin and Shenyang.
Route and distance
See also
* China National Highways
...
*Beihei Railway
References
External links
Official site of Sunwu County
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County level divisions of Heilongjiang
Heihe