Qiqihar (Simplified Chinese: é½?é½?哈尔; Traditional Chinese: 齊齊哈爾; Pinyin: QÃqÃhÄ?'Ä›r; Postal Pinyin: Tsitsihar; Wade-Giles: Ch'i-ch'i-ha-er) is a major city in the Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China. Generally there are Han-Chinese and the minority are among others Manchu, Daur and Mongolians.
The population is about 5.611 mio., where 883.550 (January 1st, 2005) people live in the city. The area is 4.310 km²; 42.469 km² including suburbs. It is about 146 m above sea level and the annual rainfall is 415 mm. Average temperature is 3.2°C (January -25.7°C, July 22.8°C).
The urban area includes Tiefeng District, Longsha District and Jianhua District.
Qiqihar has 16 circles:
Districts (区/� qū)
龙沙/�沙
昂昂溪
�峰/�峰
建�/建�
富拉尔基/富拉爾基
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梅裡斯
County-level city (县級市/縣級市 xià njà shì)
讷河/訥河
Counties (县/縣 xià n)
富裕
拜泉
甘�(黑龙江/黑�江)
�安
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泰�/泰來
克东/克�
龙江/�江
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