Qiqihar

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Qiqihar

Total population

5,367,003

Coordinates47.34°, 123.95°

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

Overview

Qiqihar is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total population of the prefecture-level city was shrinking to 4,067,489 as of the 2020 census. In 2024, the total registered population of the city will be 5.06 million. Among them, the rural population is 3.165 million. These are mainly Han Chinese, though the city is also home to thirty-four minorities including Manchus, Daur, and Mongols. Numerous wetlands are close to Qiqihar, including the Zhalong Nature Reserve, famous in China for being home to numerous red-crowned cranes.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Zhang Zhongqi

Chinese speed skater

L

Liu Jinli

Chinese female curler

Liu Yan

figure skater from China

W

Wo Weihan

Chinese scienits-spy

Song Nan

Chinese figure skater

F

Fu Chunyan

Chinese speed skater

G

Guo Wenzhi

Chinese bishop (1918–2006)

J

Jiang Yihong

Chinese actress

Guan Jinlin

Chinese figure skater

X

Xue Ruihong

Chinese speed skater

Zhang Min

Chinese figure skater

T

Tina Wang

figure skater

H

Huang Xiaomin

Chinese swimmer

Anthony Liu

figure skater

M

Ma Lin

Chinese footballer

Zhang Yue

Chinese figure skater

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

Nearby places in Heilongjiang

• Shuishiying
  6.7 mi away
• Ya'ersai
  7.9 mi away
• Meilisi
  9.1 mi away
• Yushutun
  12.9 mi away
• Ang'angxi
  14.4 mi away
• Zhalong
  14.6 mi away
• Woniutu
  16 mi away
• Fula'erji
  17.6 mi away
• Yantongtun
  25.3 mi away
• Long'anqiao
  26.4 mi away
• Heigang
  26.4 mi away
• Huamin
  27.5 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 Qiqihar

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Tettigonia ussuriana

Tettigonia ussuriana

Seen 2026-08-29

Water caltrop

Trapa natans

Seen 2026-08-21

Xanthogaleruca aenescens

Xanthogaleruca aenescens

Seen 2025-07-12

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2025-05-01

Mesosa myops

Mesosa myops

Seen 2024-10-04

Yellow Bittern

Botaurus sinensis

Seen 2024-08-18

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Circus spilonotus

Seen 2024-08-18

Parapoynx vittalis

Parapoynx vittalis

Seen 2024-08-18

European Water-plantain

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Seen 2024-08-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).