Bayan County () is a

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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 ...

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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 Chi ...

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 c ...

, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders

Mulan County Mulan County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Tonghe County to the east, Fangzheng County to the southeast, ...

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

of Suihua to the north.

Administrative divisions

There are ten

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and eight townships in the county:

Towns (镇）

Bayan Bayan may refer to: Eduational Institutions * Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL Places *Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan *Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in Qing Dynasty period * ...

() * Xinglong () * Xiji () * Waxing () * Longquan () * Bayangang () * Longmiao () * Wanfa () * Tianzeng () * Heishan ()

Townships (乡)

Songhuajiang Township Songhuajiang (松花江) could refer to the following locations in China: *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 tributar ...

() * Fujiang Township () * Huashan Township () * Fengle Township () * Dexiang Township () * Hongguang Township () * Shanhou Township () * 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

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