1 : Harbin
2 : Subdivisions
3 : History
3.1 : Colleges and universities
This article discusses the city of Harbin in Manchuria. For other meanings of "Harbin", see Harbin.
'''Harbin (Simplified: 哈尔滨, Traditional: 哈爾濱, pinyin: hā'ĕrbīn, Russian Харбин Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city in north-east China and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province. It lies on the southern bank of Songhua River.
- City seat: Daoli District
- Population: 9,410,000 (as of 2001)
- Area: 53775 km², 1637 km² urban
- Geographic coordinates: 125°42′-130°10′ east, 44°04′-46°40′ N
- GDP per capita: ¥18244 (ca. US$2200) in 2003, ranked no. 84 among 659 Chinese cities.
- Mayor: Shi Zhongxin (石忠信): since 2002
Harbin bears the nickname "The Pearl on the swan's neck" because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan.
Subdivisions
7 districts:
- Daoli (道里区)
- Nangang (南岗区)
- Dongli (动力区)
- Pingfang (平房区)
- Xiangfang (香坊区)
- Taiping (太平区)
- Daowai (道外区)
4 county-level cities:
8 counties:
- Hulan (呼兰县)
- Zhengfang (方正县)
- Bing (宾县)
- Yilan (依兰县)
- Bayan (巴彦县)
- Tonghe (通河县)
- Mulan (木兰县)
- Yanshou (延寿县)
History
Human settlement in the Harbin area dates from at least 2200 BC (late Stone Age). It is formerly Pinkiang.
The modern city of Harbin originated in 1898 with the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway by Russia. In December 1918, during the Russian Civil War, Russian White Guards, with Chinese assistance, took the city: it then became a major centre of White Russian émigrés.
Japanese troops occupied Harbin from February 4, 1932. The Soviet Army took the city on 20 August 1945. After a period under the control of the Kuomintang, the city came into the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in April 1946.
The eight Harbin counties originally formeart of Songhuajiang Prefecture (松花江地区), and became incorporated into Harbin on August 11, 1999, making Harbin a prefecture-level city.
Colleges and universities
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