Wudalianchi
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五大連池 /
五大连池 , Wǔdàliánchí Wudalianchi |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ' N , 126 ° 11' E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Heilongjiang | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-HL | ||
| surface | 9800 km² | ||
| Residents | 360,000 (1999) | ||
| density | 36.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| Postal code : 164100 | |||
| Area code : | (+86) 456 | ||
| License plate : | 黑 N | ||
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Wudalianchi ( Chinese 五大连池市 , pinyin Wǔdàliánchí Shì ) is a Chinese county-level city in the province of Heilongjiang , which the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Heihe belongs. It has an area of 9,800 km². The volcanic area of Wudalianchi is recognized by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve, both because of the colonization of volcanic rock with pioneer plants and because of the traditional cultural and religious customs preserved there.
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The name of the city means "Five-Lake-Plate" and refers to the interconnected lakes that were created after the eruption of the volcanoes Laohei (老黑山) and Huoshao (火烧 山) in 1720/21.
population
The city has a population of 355,397 (1999).
Web links
- Wudalianchi in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
- ^ Wudalianchi volcanic field . Global Volcanism Program , Smithsonian Institution (五大连池 火山 群)
- ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period. In: China County & City Population 1999 . Harvard China Historical GIS