Yichun

About Yichun

Yichun is a prefecture-level city on the Songhua river in Heilongjiang province, China. The city is separated from Russia by the Amur River and has an international border of 246 kilometres (153 mi). According to the 2010 census, it had a total population of 1,148,126 with 729,202 people living in 15 districts separated by forests.据According to the statistics of the public security department, the total registered population of the city by the end of 2024 will be 1.033 million. Among them, the urban population is 900.000 and the rural population is 133,000. The urbanization rate of the registered population is 87.1%. The greening rate of Yichun is up to 83%. The nickname of Yichun is Lindu.

Yichun was named after the Yichun River (伊春河), which is a small tributary of Tangwang River (汤旺河). The word Yichun means "nine" in Mongolian language. During the Shang dynasty Yichun was populated by the Sushen (肃慎). Before the Tang dynasty, the region was inhabited by several nomad tribes in the northeastern border area of China including Sushen and Donghu. During the Qing dynasty, Yichun was under the...

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