Daxing'anling Prefecture

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Daxing'anling Prefecture 大兴安岭地区
Prefecture
Mohe city
Location of Daxing'anling (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey);
Coordinates: 52°30′N 123°54′E / 52.500°N 123.900°E / 52.500; 123.900
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	4 administrative zones 1 county-level city 2 counties
Township-level divisions	6 subdistricts 24 towns 11 townships 2 ethnic townships
Village-level divisions	41 residential communities 80 villages
Area
• Total	46,755 km2 (18,052 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	388,000
• Density	8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	CN¥ 13.5 billion US$ 2.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 27,817 US$ 4,466
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	165000
Area code	0457
ISO 3166 code	CN-HL-27

Daxing'anling Prefecture
"Daxing'anling", as written in Chinese calligraphy
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	大兴安岭地区
Traditional Chinese	大興安嶺地區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dà Xīng'ān Lǐng Dìqū
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠠᠮᠪᠠ ᡥᡳᠨ᠋ᡤᡤᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᡨ᠊ᡠᠨ ᡳ ᠪᠠ
Romanization	Amba'hingan'dabagan i'ba
Russian name
Russian	Округ Да-Хинган-Лин

Daxing'anling Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 大兴安岭地区; traditional Chinese: 大興安嶺地區; pinyin: Dàxīng'ānlǐng Dìqū), also known as Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, is the northernmost Chinese prefecture-level division, located in northwestern Heilongjiang Province. It covers 46,755 km² (18,052 sq mi) and had a population of 520,000, as of 2004. It is named after the Greater Khingan Range (Daxing'anling; ᠠᠮᠪᠠ᠋ ᡥᡳᠨ᠋ᡤᡤᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᡨ᠊ᡠᠨ; Amba Hinggan Dabagan) Mountains. In 2007, it had a GDP of RMB 6.1 billion and a growth rate of 11.1%. In 2015, Daxing'anling Prefecture had a GDP of RMB 13.49 billion, and a GDP of RMB 15.39 billion in the year 2014.^[1]