Shangzhi () is a

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under the jurisdiction of

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, the capital of

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province, People's Republic of China. It is away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately . The city proper has a population of around 120,000, while the total administrative population is approximately 600,000 inhabitants. The most spacious

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of Harbin City, it borders Yanshou County to the north, Wuchang to the southwest, Acheng District to the northwest, and Bin County to the northwest, as well as the

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of Mudanjiang to the southeast. The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe (). It was developed during the Guangxu era in the late

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, and was renamed to Shangzhi to commemorate the

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hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946. The most famous place in Shangzhi is the Yabuli () Skiing Centre -

Climate

Shangzhi has a

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-influenced

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(

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''Dwb''), with long, very dry, bitterly cold winters, very warm and humid summers, and short, rather dry spring and autumn in between. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 63% in March, the city receives 2,450 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Administrative divisions

Shangzhi is divided into 10 towns and seven townships:

Towns

* Shangzhi Town () * Yabuli () * Weihe () * Yimianpo () * Mao'ershan () * Qingyang () * Lianghe () * Shitouhezi () * Yuanbao () * Heilonggong ()

Townships

* Zhenzhushan Township () * Laojieji Township () * Mayan Township () * Changshou Township () * Wujimi Township () * Hedong Township () * Yuchi Korean Ethnic Township ()

Notable people

* Liu Qing, captain of Women's Basketball National Team in the 1980s. * Yu Wenxia, singer and Miss World 2012. * Zhao Shangzhi, Commander of the Northeast Anti-Japan United Army during World War II and namesake of this city. A well-known national hero who devoted his life to the Northeastern struggle against Japanese occupation. He was captured and beheaded after a traitor leaked his whereabouts to the Japanese. * Zhao Yiman, a well-known national heroine who was killed by the Japanese invaders because she refused to leak the secrets about communist operations.

References

External links

{{County-level divisions of Heilongjiang Cities in Heilongjiang Districts of Harbin