Mohe, Heilongjiang
Administrative divisions
Mohe City is divided into 6 towns.
Name | Hanzi | Population (2020) |
---|---|---|
Xilinji | 西林吉镇 | 29,614 |
Tuqiang | 图强镇 | 10,402 |
Amu'er | 阿木尔镇 | 9,115 |
Xing'an | 兴安镇 | 992 |
Beiji | 北极镇 | 2,373 |
Gulian | 古莲镇 | 1,540 |
Geography
Mohe is located in the far northwest of Heilongjiang at latitude 52° 10'−53° 33' N and 121° 07'−124° 20' E. It forms a border with Russia's Amur Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai, where the Amur River flows for 245 kilometres (152 mi). A village, the northernmost Chinese settlement, at the latitude of 53° 29' N and known as the Beiji Village (北极村, literally "North Pole Village" or "Northernmost Village"), lies in this city, on the Amur River.
On extremely rare occasions, the aurora borealis can be seen.
Mohe spans 150 kilometres (93 mi) from north to south and has a total area of 18,233 square kilometres (7,040 sq mi), occupying 21.6% of the prefecture's (Daxing'anling) area and 3.9% of the provincial (Heilongjiang) area. This creates a population density of only 4.64 persons/km (12.0 persons/sqmi).