Mishan () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the southeast of

Heilongjiang Province 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 Ussu ...

, China, bordering Russia's

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to the south and southeast. It is under the jurisdiction of the

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Jixi Jixi () is a city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, 1,502,060 people resided within its administrative area of and 560,118 in its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of 3 out of 6 urban di ...

History

Early medieval history

From 698 to 936, the kingdom of

Balhae Balhae,, , ) also rendered as Bohai or Bohea, and called Jin (; ) early on, was a multiethnic kingdom established in 698 by Dae Joyeong (Da Zuorong). It was originally known as the Kingdom of Jin (震, Zhen) until 713 when its name was changed ...

occupied northern

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and parts of

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and

, consisting of the Nanai, the Udege, and descendants of the Tungus-speaking people and the people of the recently fallen

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (; ; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (; ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, ''kwòwlyéy''), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korea, Korean Peninsula an ...

kingdom of Korea. It bordered the Khitan people, the Shiwei people, the Silla people, and the citizens of Heisui Mohe, most of which is located in modern-day China and Mongolia. The vicinity of Tongjiang was settled at this moment by Funie Mohe tribes (

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: ; ; ). These tribes were submitted to Balhae Kingdom under King Mun's reign (737-793). Later, King Seon (r.818-830), administered their territories by creating a prefecture in the neighbourhood: The Dongpyong Prefecture () with Yiju (), present-day Dangbi () as its administrative centre.

Administrative divisions

Mishan City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 8 townships. ;1 subdistrict * Zhongxin () ;8 towns * Mishan (), Lianzhushan (), Dangbi (),

Zhiyi Zhiyi (; 538–597 CE) also called Dashi Tiantai (天台大師) and Zhizhe (智者, "Wise One"), was a Chinese Bhikkhu, Buddhist monk, Buddhist philosophy, philosopher, meditation teacher, and Exegesis, exegete. He is considered to be the foun ...

(), Heitai (), Xingkai (), Peide (), Baiyuwan () ;8 townships * Liumao (), Yangmu (), Xingkaihu (), Chengzihe (), Errenban (), Taiping (), Heping (), Fuyuan ()

Climate

Sister cities

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References

External links

Map of Mishan County
{{Authority control Balhae Cities in Heilongjiang County level divisions of Heilongjiang Jixi