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Heihe
Sign in to saveHeihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1,286,401 people lived in the prefecture-level city of whom 223,832 lived in the built-up area (or metro) made of Aihui District. At the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 1.23 million, including 823,000 in urban areas and 407,000 in rural areas.
Heihe is a major city in northern China's Heilongjiang province that sits directly on the Russian border along the Amur River, across from the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. With a population of around 1.23 million residents as of 2024, it serves as an important hub for cross-border interaction between China and Russia.
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- Heihe
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- Prefecture-level city
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- 黑河市Хэйхэ
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- zh
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- Amur River and Heihe.jpg
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- The Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and Heihe
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- Location of Heihe City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey)
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- Heilongjiang#China
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- Location of the city proper in Heilongjiang
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- right
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- 240
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang
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- Official name
- 黑河市
- Population
- 1286401
- Area
- 66861.93
- Official website
- www.heihe.gov.cn
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- Amur River and Heihe.jpg
- Dialing code
- 456
- Licence plate code
- 黑N
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- Heihe
- postal code
- 164300
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Heihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1,286,401 people lived in the prefecture-level city of whom 223,832 lived in the built-up area (or metro) made of Aihui District. At the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 1.23 million, including 823,000 in urban areas and 407,000 in rural areas.
Heihe marks the northeast terminus of the diagonal Heihe–Tengchong Line, which is sometimes used to divide China into east and west.
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