Songbei District () is one of nine
districts 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, the capital 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 China, forming part of the city's urban core. Its name literally means "north of Song", referring to its position north of the
Songhua River
The Songhua or Sunghwa River (also Haixi or Xingal, russian: Сунгари ''Sungari'') is one of the primary rivers of China, and the longest tributary of the Amur. It flows about from the Changbai Mountains on the China–North Korea bo ...
which runs through the city. It borders the districts of
Hulan to the northeast,
Daowai to the east, and
Daoli to the west, as well as 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
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 and west.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
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Songbei Subdistrict (),
Songpu Subdistrict (),
Wanbao Subdistrict (),
Taiyangdao Subdistrict (),
Song'an Subdistrict (),
Songxiang Subdistrict (),
Chuankou Subdistrict ()
Town:
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Duiqingshan ()
Former : Sandian Subdistrict (), Leye Town ()
See also
Harbin hotel fire
References
External links
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Government site-
Songbei
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