Daqing

Featured view

Daqing

Total population

2,904,532

Coordinates46.60°, 125.10°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Daqing is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The name literally means "Great Celebration" and refers to the tenth anniversary of the PRC. Daqing is known as the "Oil Capital of China" and has experienced a phenomenal boom since oil was discovered at the Daqing Oil Field in 1959.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ding Ning

Chinese table tennis player

Liu Zhongqing

Chinese freestyle skier

Y

Yue Minjun

Chinese artist (born 1962)

D

Duan Yingmei

L

Li Duihong

sport shooter

T

Tuo Jiaxi

Chinese Go player

L

Li He

Chinese Go player

Z

Zhang Wei

Chinese Go player, born 1989

G

Guo Yuzheng

Chinese Go player

L

Li Xiang

Chinese Go player

Y

Yang Xiaotian

Chinese Go player

Q

Qiao Shiyao

Chinese Go player

L

Li Dongyang

Chinese Go player

L

Li Shuanghong

Chinese sports shooter

W

Wang Ziang

Chinese Go player

L

Li Xinyi

Chinese Go player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Heilongjiang

• Huizhan
  4.5 mi away
• Qingxin
  12.5 mi away
• Wolitun
  12.7 mi away
• Wanbaoshan
  15 mi away
• Babaishang
  16.2 mi away
• Anda
  16.8 mi away · pop. 154,700
• Zhongben
  17.3 mi away
• Chuangye
  20.6 mi away
• Gudahu
  20.7 mi away
• Renmin
  21.1 mi away
• Xingshugang
  21.5 mi away
• Yangcao
  23.6 mi away

Browse all places in Heilongjiang →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Daqing

Search results from Open Library.