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(Encyclopedia)Harbin här´bn [key], Rus. Kharbin, city (1994 est. pop. 2,505,200), capital of Heilongjiang prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is the major trade and communications center of central Manchuria...Kharbin
(Encyclopedia)Kharbin: see Harbin, China.Ussuriysk
(Encyclopedia)Ussuriysk oosoorsk´ [key], city (1989 pop. 158,000), Maritime Territory, Russian Far East, on the Suyfun River. It is a coal-mining center and a Trans-Siberian RR junction. A direct rail line...Heilongjiang
(Encyclopedia)Heilongjiang or Heilungkiangboth: h´loong´jyäng´ [key] [Chin.,=black dragon river (the Amur)], province (2010 pop. 38,312,224), c.179,000 sq mi (463,730 sq km), NE China. The capital is Harbin...Jiamusi
(Encyclopedia)Jiamusi jyä´moo´soo´ [key] or Kiamuszekyä´moo´soo´, jy [key], city (1994 est. pop. 548,600), E Heilongjiang prov., China. It is the chief port on the lower reaches of the Songhu...Qiqihar
(Encyclopedia)Qiqihar ch´ch´här [key] or Tsitsiharts´ts´här´, ch´ch´här [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,104,100), S central Heilongjiang prov., China, a port on the Nen River near the Da Hinggan...Songhua
(Encyclopedia)Songhua soong´hwä´ [key] or Sungarisoon´gä´r´ [key], river of NE China, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts., Jilin prov., and flowing generally north, through Heilongj...Changchun
(Encyclopedia)Changchun chäng´choon´ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,810,400), capital of Jilin prov., China, on the railroad between Harbin and Dalian. An industrial city, it is one of the country's major cente...Manchuria
(Encyclopedia)Manchuria mnchoor´ [key], Mandarin Dongbei sansheng [three northeastern provinces], region, c.600,000 sq mi (1,554,000 sq km), NE China. It is officially known as the Northeast. Manchuria is ...Jilin
(Encyclopedia)Jilin j´ln´ [key] or Kirink´rn´ [key], province (2010 pop. 27,462,297), 72,000 sq mi (186,528 sq km), NE China; one of the original Manchurian provinces. The capital is Changchun. It is bo...Browse by Subject
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