Ergun City

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Ergun
额尔古纳市ᠡᠷᠬᠥᠨ᠎ᠠᠬᠣᠲᠠ
County-level city
Ergun is located in Inner Mongolia
Ergun
Ergun
Location in Inner Mongolia
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Country People's Republic of China
Region Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city Hulunbuir
Area
 • Total 28,400 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 85,162
 • Density 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 022050
Area code(s) 0470
Website http://www.eegn.gov.cn/

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).[1]

The county-level city had the population of 85162 people as of 2006.[2]

Subdivisions

The county-level city of Ergun is divided into 2 towns, 2 ethnic townships, and two subdistricts (街道办事处).[2] 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.[3]
  • 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:[2]

  • 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.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 市情概述 (City description) (Chinese)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 额尔古纳市概况 (Description of Ergun City) (on the official site of Hulunbuir City government) (Chinese)
  3. 额尔古纳市拉布大林街道办事处 (Labudalin Subdistrict) (Chinese)