Yilan County (;

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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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China, it is under the administration of the

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of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It is more than to the east-northeast of central Harbin. Its county seat, which is also called Yilan (Yilan Town, ''Yilan zhen''), is located near the confluence of the

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(formerly known as the Hurka River) with the

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. The easternmost

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of Harbin City, it borders Fangzheng County to the southwest, Tonghe County to the west, as well as the

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of Yichun to the north,

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to the northeast, Qitaihe to the southeast, and

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to the south.

Transportation

* China National Highway 221 Station on the Harbin-Jiamusi intercity railway is located in the Sijianfang district, 5 km from town center.

History

During the rule of the

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in China, Yilan, formerly known as Sanxing (三姓; Wade-Giles: San-hsing; historically also Romanized as San Sing), was one of the two important centers of the

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of the Hurka River valley. (The other center was

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in the upper reaches of the Hurka). Its Jurchen name was Ilantumen. The town retained its importance into the Qing period, and in 1692 became the seat of a deputy lieutenant-general (). Subordinated to the governor general (''jiangjun'') in

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. the Sanxing ''fu dutong'' was in control of the northeastern section of

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Province (which in those days was much larger than now) – a large region stretching northeast along the Sungari and the

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from 1950 to 1964 was born in Yilan.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Yilan County is divided into 6 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;6 towns *

Yilan Yilan may refer to: China * Yilan County, Heilongjiang (依兰县), county of central Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China * Yilan Town, Heilongjiang (依兰镇), seat of Yilan County * Yilan, Jilin (依兰镇), town in Yanji Taiwan ...

(), Dalianhe (), Jiangwan (), Sandaogang (), Daotaiqiao (), Hongkeli () ;2 townships * Tuanshanzi (), Yugong () ;1 ethnic township * Yinglan Korean ()

References

External links

Official website of Yilan County government
Districts of Harbin {{Heilongjiang-geo-stub