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Qiqihar
Heilongjiang, China · Asia
About Qiqihar
Qiqihar sits on the route: 20 minutes from Meilisi.
Qiqihar is in Heilongjiang, China, with about 880,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Meilisi, about 17 km away.
Qiqihar (also spelled Tsitsihar) is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total population of the prefecture-level city was shrinking toRead more
4,067,489 as of the 2020 census (5,367,003 as of 2010). In 2024, the total registered population of the city will be 5.06 million. Among them, the rural population is 3.165 million. These are mainly Han Chinese, though the city is also home to thirty-four minorities including Manchus, Daur, and Mongols. Numerous wetlands are close to Qiqihar, including the Zhalong Nature Reserve, famous in China for being home to numerous red-crowned cranes.
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Qiqihar is in Heilongjiang, China, about 17 km from Meilisi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 882,364
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Heilongjiang
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 47.3392, 123.9615
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