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Hailar 海拉尔区 • ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
District
Hulunbuir City Government
Hailar in Hulunbuir
HailarLocation in Inner MongoliaShow map of Inner MongoliaHailarHailar (China)Show map of China
Coordinates (Hailar District government): 49°14′05″N 119°49′28″E / 49.2347°N 119.8245°E / 49.2347; 119.8245
Country	China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Hulunbuir
District seat	Zhengyang Subdistrict
Area
• Total	1,319.8 km (509.6 sq mi)
Elevation	614 m (2,014 ft)
Population
• Total	365,012
• Density	280/km (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	021000
Area code	0470
Website	www.hailar.gov.cn

Hailar District, formerly a county-level city, is an urban district that serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Hulunbuir, due to its massive size, is a city in administrative terms only, being mainly grassland and rural.

Long known as the "Pearl of the Grasslands", Hailar acts as a gateway between China and Russia. The district spans an area of 1,319.8 square kilometers, and has an estimated population of 365,000 as of 2010. The district serves as a regional center for commerce, trade, and transportation.

History

Hailar was founded as a Chinese fort in 1734, and during the administration of the Republic of China, it was the capital city of Xing'an Province. It was a center of agricultural production on the historical Chinese Eastern Railway. Once known as Hulun, Hailar today is a relatively small, but thriving modern industrial city of around 300,000, its population having soared from an estimated 20,000 in the mid-20th century.

After the Mukden Incident in 1931, Japan invaded China's northeastern provinces and established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Hailar Fortress, a huge underground Japanese fortress, was completed in 1937 by forced Chinese laborers. The Kwantung Army garrisoned in Manchukuo built the fortress complex as one of biggest Japanese fortifications in Manchukuo. Some of the fiercest fighting of the Soviet–Japanese War in August 1945 took place around Hailar. Prisoners of war and civilians were massacred by the Kwantung Army in August 1945 during the final month of World War II. The World Anti-fascist War Hailar Memorial Park, a museum and war memorial, is built on the site of the Hailar Fortress, parts of the fortress tunnels are open for public viewing.

Transportation

Hulunbeier Hailar Airport serves the city, with flights to Beijing and Shenyang amongst others. Hailar's railway station is the penultimate major station before Manzhouli, the port city that stands close to the Russian border. It is on the famous Western line of the Trans-Siberian express route and China National Highway 301. Trains to Harbin take about 12 hours, and 27 to Beijing. Hailar has a frequent series of buses that cover the town.

Geography

Hailar is located in close proximity to the Greater Xing'an Mountains, and has an elevation ranging from 603.0 to 776.6 m (1,978.3 to 2,547.9 ft). Of the city's 1,319.8 square kilometers, 28 square kilometers (or 2.12%) of the district is urban.

Administrative divisions

Hailar is divided into 7 subdistricts and 2 towns:

Climate

Hailar has a dry-winter humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb). Winters are long, very dry and severe, due to the semi−permanent Siberian High, while summers are short, though very warm, and rather wet, due to the East Asian monsoon. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −24.8 °C (−12.6 °F) in January to 20.4 °C (68.7 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −0.40 °C (31.3 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 55% in December to 69% in February, sunshine is abundant year-round, and the annual total is 2,719 hours. More than two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs during the three summer months. The Mohe-Huma-Hailar triangle between northern Heilongjiang and Northeastern Inner Mongolia, which is almost equivalent to China's subarctic climate zone, suffers the most severe cold winter in China. Hailar's extreme temperatures ranges from −48.2 to 37.7 °C (−54.8 to 99.9 °F).

Culture

Hailar is a multi-ethnic town, with notable Han, Mongolian, Hui, Daur, Evenki, Russian populations. As such, signs are usually bilingual and Mongolian influence pervades in songs played on shop CD players, domes on buildings and the everyday speech of some locals.

Composer Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in Hailar, as well as leading news anchor Bai Yansong; the folk metal band Nine Treasures also originated in Hailar.

Sister city

• Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.
• Chinggis City, Mongolia.

Gallery

• Hailar (labeled HU-LUN (HAILAR) 呼倫 (海拉爾)) (1951)
• Hailar Railway Station
• Hailar People's Congress

References

1. ^ 走进海拉尔 (in Chinese (China)). Hailar District People's Government. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
2. ^ 海拉尔区概况地图. XZQH.org. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
3. Zapotoczny, Walter (2017). Beyond Duty: The Reason Some Soldiers Commit Atrocities. Fonthill Media. p. 171.
4. ^ Wang, Kaihao (August 8, 2013). "Tale as old as the grassland". China Daily.
5. 2022年统计用区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
6. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
7. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
8. 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
9. "Extreme Temperatures Around the World". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
10. Song, Yuwu (2013). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland. p. 15.
11. ago, Matt Nolan 3 years (2015-03-31). "Nine Treasures – Mongolian Nomadic Folk Metal". AudioPhix. Retrieved 2019-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. "Sister cities of Inner Mongolia". Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
13. "海拉尔区和成吉思市缔结友好城市". 呼伦贝尔市人民政府外事办公室. 自治区外事办. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2018-10-19.

External links

• Hailar at Encyclopædia Britannica
• Official website of Hailar District Government Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Post codes of Inner Mongolia (English)

• Populated places established in 1734
• County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
• Hulunbuir