Qitaihe

Qitaihe is a prefecture-degree metropolis in japanese Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. Covering a place 6,223 km2, it's miles geographically the smallest prefecture-level department of the province. Qitaihe also has the second one smallest populace of the cities in Heilongjiang. At the 2010 census, its general population was 920,419, at the same time as 620,935 stay within the constructed up vicinity manufactured from 3 city districts. Qitaihe's history may be stretched back to a 3,000 years in the past at some stage in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, whilst it become inhabited by using the ancient Sushen group, the ancestors of the Manchu.

In 1910, coal assets was determined in Qitaihe. However, coal mining enterprise did not actually begin until the CPC Committee of Heilongjiang Province ordered Hegang Mining Bureau to take fee of the Extractive industries in Boli County in 1958. Qitaihe began its improvement. On Jan 26, 1961, Boli Mining Bureau became set up. The CPC Central Committee and State Council permitted to establish Qitaihe District as a pilot of the aggregate of corporation control and government management. In 1970, Qitaihe District was changed into Qitaihe City, that is underneath the jurisdiction of Jiamusi. In 1983, Qitaihe changed into distinctive a Prefecture-level metropolis, and Boli County changed into positioned into Qitaihe's jurisdiction. Qitaihe is rich in fresh water and minerals inclusive of coal, gold and graphite. There are 26 reservoirs in general.