Daxing'anling Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 大兴安岭地区; traditional Chinese: 大興安嶺地區; pinyin: Dàxīng'ānlǐng Dìqū), also known as Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, is the northernmost Chinese prefecture-level division, located in northwestern Heilongjiang Province. It covers 46,755 km2 (18,052 sq mi) and had a population of 520,000, as of 2004. It is named after the Greater Khingan Range (Daxing'anling; ᠠᠮᠪᠠ᠋ ᡥᡳᠨ᠋ᡤᡤᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᡨ᠊ᡠᠨ; Amba Hinggan Dabagan) Mountains. In 2007, it had a GDP of RMB 6.1 billion and a growth rate of 11.1%. In 2015, Daxing'anling Prefecture had a GDP of RMB 13.49 billion, and a GDP of RMB 15.39 billion in the year 2014.[1]
Daxing'anling Prefecture administrates 1 county-level city, 2 counties, and 4 administration zones. These counties and management districts contain 6 urban subdistricts, 24 towns, 11 townships, 2 ethnic townships, 41 residential communities, and 80 villages.
Administered by the State Forestry Administration's Heilongjiang Daxing'anling Forestry Group Corporation (Chinese: 黑龙江省大兴安岭林业集团公司) with 10 Forestry Bureaus and 61 Woodlands.
Administered by Daxing'anling Prefecture Administrative Operation Forestry Bureau (Chinese: 大兴安岭地区行政公署营林局) with 3 County-level Forestry Bureaus and 6 Woodlands.
According to the Seventh National Census in 2020, the city’s Permanent Population (Hukou) was 331,276. Compared with the permanent resident population of 511,560 in the Sixth national census in 2010, it decreased by 180,284, a drop of 35.24%, with an average annual decline of 4.25%.
2 Formally part of Oroqen Banner in Inner Mongolia but administered de facto by Daxing'anling Prefecture in Heilongjiang.
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