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Jixi

Eastern Asia

Jixi is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province, China, on the Muling River about 30 kilometers from the border with Russia's Primorsky Krai and 120 kilometers from Lake Xingkai. At the 2020 census its administrative area of 22,488 square kilometers held 1,502,060 people, with 560,118 living in its built-up area across three of its six urban districts; by the end of 2024 its total registered population had grown to 1,593,200. The city is a significant coal mining base, and a crater on the asteroid 253 Mathilde has been named after it.

Facts
Population
1,502,060 1
Area (sq km)
22,494.48 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
230 1
Latitude
45.29366 degrees north 1
Longitude
130.96496 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Jixi (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 1,502,060 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 45.29366, longitude 130.96496
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 230 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 22494.48 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 1502060 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Jixi - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2036389
    45.29322 130.96217 P PPLA2 CN 08 2303 403759 222 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 222 m
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3. Heilongjiang (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Heilongjiang is an inland province in northeast China.
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 130.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 130.75
45.25 130.75 Dwb
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Jixi (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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