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Ergun City

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Country
  
China

Prefecture-level city
  
Hulunbuir

Area
  
28,400 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 10:58 AM

Region
  
Inner Mongolia

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Postal code
  
22050

Area code
  
0470

Ergun City

Weather
  
-7°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 54% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Moerdaoga National Forest Park, Erguna Wetland Scenic Ar, Shiwei Port, Yimu Jiuling, Hawu'erhe Scenic Area

Ergun (Chinese: 额尔古纳市, É'ěrgǔnà Shì; Mongolian: Эргүн Ergün), formerly Ergun Right Banner (Mongolian: ᠡᠷᠬᠥᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ Эргүнэ хот; Chinese: 额尔古纳右旗; pinyin: E'erguna You Qi), is a county-level city in China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Administratively, Ergun is part of the prefecture-level city of Hulunbuir. It occupies 28,400 km² on the right (south-eastern) bank of the Argun River, which forms China's border with Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai (formerly, Chita Oblast).

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Map of Erguna, Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia, China

The county-level city had the population of 85162 people as of 2006.

Subdivisions

The county-level city of Ergun is divided into 2 towns, 2 ethnic townships, and two subdistricts (街道办事处). As of 2006, their population was reported as follows:

  • Labudalin Subdistrict (拉布大林街道办事处), 35,994 - seat of the city government.
  • Shangkuli Subdistrict (上库力街道办事处), 7,032
  • Moridaga (Mo'erdaoga) Town (莫尔道嘎镇), 25,309
  • Heishantou Town (黑山头镇), 1,797
  • Sanhe Hui Ethnic Township (三河回族乡), 11,497
  • Shiwei Russian Ethnic Township (室韦俄罗斯民族乡), 3,533
  • Ethnic composition of the county-level city of Ergun, as of 2006, was reported as follows:

  • Han, 64,591
  • Mongol, 7,294
  • Russians 2,468
  • Others (Hui etc.) 10,809
  • There are two international border crossings in the county-level city.

    References

    Ergun City Wikipedia