Daxing'anling (), also known as Da Hinggan Ling, is the northernmost Chinese
prefecture-level division, located in northwestern
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...
Province. It covers and had a population of 520,000, as of 2004. It is named after the
Greater Khingan Range (Daxing'anling; ; Amba Hinggan Dabagan) Mountains. In 2007, it had a GDP of
RMB 6.1 billion and a growth rate of 11.1%. In 2015, Daxing'anling Prefecture had a GDP of
RMB 13.49 billion, and a GDP of
RMB 15.39 billion in the year 2014.
Administrative divisions
Daxing'anling Prefecture administrates 1 county-level city, 2 counties, and 4 administration zones. These counties and management districts contain 6 urban
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
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town
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township
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ethnic townships, 41 residential communities, and 80 villages.
Forestry divisions
Administered by the
State Forestry Administration's
Heilongjiang Daxing'anling Forestry Group Corporation () with 10 Forestry Bureaus and 61 Woodlands.
Administered by
Daxing'anling Prefecture Administrative Operation Forestry Bureau () with 3 County-level Forestry Bureaus and 6 Woodlands.
Demographics
According to the
Seventh National Census in 2020, the city’s Permanent Population (
Hukou
''Hukou'' ( zh, c=户口, l=household individual) is a system of household registration used in the People's Republic of China. The system itself is more properly called ''huji'' ( zh, c=户籍, l=household origin), and has origins in Histo ...
) was 331,276. Compared with the permanent resident population of 511,560 in the
Sixth national census in 2010, it decreased by 180,284, a drop of 35.24%, with an average annual decline of 4.25%.
References
External links
Official website of Daxing'anling Prefecture government
Prefecture-level divisions of Heilongjiang
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