Population: 36.4 million
Urban population: 20.4 million
Nationalities: Han, Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Hui, Daur, Oroqen, Hezhen, Kirgiz
and EwenkiArea: 460,000 square kilometers
Climatic features: spans the cold-temperate/semi-humid and temperate/humid zones;
short summers and long winters; no summer in the northwest; subject to spring droughts,
summer flooding, and autumn frost
Average temperature: -32oC to -17oC in January, 16oC
to 23oC in July; coldest in the northwest Annual average rainfall: 250 -
700 mm; highest precipitation occurs on the southern side of the Lesser Hinggan Range and
the Zhangguangcai Mountains; 60 percent of the rain falls from June to August
Physical features: mountainous in the north and south; plains in the east and west;
intermittent volcanic eruptions in some sections
Mountains: Emur, Yilehuli, and Lesser Hinggan Mountains in the north; in the south,
part of the Changbai Mountains
Plains: the Sanjiang Plain in the east consists of alluvial deposits from the
Heilong, Songhua, and Wusuli Rivers: the Songnen Plain, named after the Nenjiang and
Songhua Rivers, is connected to the Sanjiang Plain through the Songhua River Valley; a
small plain lies north of Xingkai Lake in the east.
Rivers: Heilong River along the northern border; Nenjiang and Songhua Rivers in the
middle; Wusuli River along the eastern border
Products: corn, sorghum, millet, wheat, rice, potatoes, soybeans, sugar beet,
sesame, sunflower seeds; flax, tussah; timber; fur animals including squirrel, alpine
weasel, sable and otter; ginseng, antlers, tigerbone, musk and other medicinal materials;
edible fungus, mushrooms, pine nuts; chum salmon, sturgeon, huso sturgeon
Administrative divisions: 19 cities, 59 counties, and 1 autonomous county
Capital: Harbin
Neighboring areas: Jilin Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Neighboring country: Russia
Major cities: Harbin, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi, Jixi, Hegang, Shuangyashan,
Daqing, Heihe
Tourist attractions: ice festival and Sun Island, Harbin; Jingpo Lake near
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