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Harbin
Location of Harbin Municipality in Heilongjiang Province
Kitayskaya Street
Harbin

Harbin, also called Ha'rbin or Haerbin, is the capital city of Heilongjiang, a northeast province of China. In recent years, Harbin is well-known worldwide for Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin Summer Music Festival and Harbin International Beer Festival. Harbin Ice Festival makes Harbin become China's coolest ice city for winter holiday trip.

Background

Governing 12 districts and 10 counties, Harbin Municipality has a population of 9,873,743 and 4,754,753 of whom lives in the city proper of Harbin. Administrative divisions as below:

  • Daoli District
  • Nangang District
  • Daowai District
  • Xiangfang District
  • Pingfang District
  • Songbei District
  • Hulan District
  • Acheng District
  • Shuangcheng
  • Shangzhi
  • Wuchang
  • Yilan County
  • Fangzheng County
  • Bin County
  • Bayan County
  • Mulan County
  • Tonghe County
  • Yanshou County

Images for kids

  • Wanyan Aguda

    Monument of Wanyan Aguda in Acheng District

  • Harbin 1940 st.nicolas

    St. Nicolas Orthodox, a Russian Orthodox church in Harbin, circa 1940, demolished during the Cultural Revolution

  • Kitaiskaia Street in Harbin

    Harbin's Kitayskaya Street (Russian for "Chinese Street"), now Zhongyang Street (Chinese for "Central Street"), before 1945

  • Unit 731 - Complex

    Headquarter of the Imperial Japanese Army's covert biological and chemical warfare research and development Unit 731

  • Three different nationalities on Kitaiskaia Street

    Three different nationalities – Chinese, Japanese and Russian – on Kitaiskaia Street

  • Pamyatnik sovetskim voinam

    Monument to Soviet soldiers in Harbin's Nangang District, built by Soviet Red Army in 1945

  • Harbin Jewish Cemetery1

    Huang Shan Jewish Cemetery of Harbin

  • Harbin, China, and vicinities, near natural colors, LandSat-5, 2010-09-22

    Harbin and vicinities, LandSat-5 satellite image, 2010-09-22

  • Harbin Bank 01

    Headquarter of Harbin Bank

  • Harbin Economic and Technological Development Zone

    Office Buildings around Harbin ICE Center

  • Smoked Chinese sausage

    Harbin-style smoked sausage

  • Tower at Harbin Ice and Snow Festival 2012

    Tower at Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, 2013

  • 2011 Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture EXPO 01

    Snow Sculpture in Sun Island, 2011

  • Harbin Music Park 2016-03-09

    Harbin Music Park, located in Youyi West Road.

  • Central walk (1) - panoramio

    European-style building in Zhongyang Street.

  • ハルビン極楽寺玄関

    Ji Le Temple (Temple of Bliss), a Buddhist temple in Harbin.

  • Збірна України з хокею з м’ячем IMG 1619

    China national bandy team is based in Harbin. Here with Ukraine in the 2016 World Championship.

  • 哈平路 - panoramio

    Haping road, one of the main municipal roads in the south of Harbin.

  • Hagongda Station

    Hagongda Station of Line 1, Harbin Metro

  • Harbin Institute of Technology - Main Bldg

    The main building of Harbin Institute of Technology. Note the Stalinist "tier-cake" façade, reminiscent of the "Seven Sisters" in Moscow.

  • Haerbin Railway Station 2010

    Harbin Railway Station

  • Harbin West Railway Station

    Harbin West Railway Station


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