Nenjiang County is a county under the administration of Heihe

Heihe

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 City in northwestern Heilongjiang

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For the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...

 province, Northeast China

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. It is located on the river of the same name (Nen River

Nen River

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), which also forms part of the provincial border with Inner Mongolia

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, more than 200 kilometres (124.3 mi) southwest of the urban area of Heihe. The county seat is a town of the same name (嫩江镇).

Land area 15360 square kilometers, population 500,000.

History

Nenjiang town (also known as Mergen at the time) was the capital (seat of the Military Governor) of Heilongjiang Province in 1690-1699.

Geography and climate

Nenjiang has a monsoon

Monsoon

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-influenced humid continental climate

Humid continental climate

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 (Köppen

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Dwb), with long, harsh, but dry winters, and short, warm summers. The monthly daily mean in January is −24.1 °C, while the same figure for July is 20.9 °C (69.6 °F); the year averages out at only 0.38 °C (32.7 °F). Around 80% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September, and sunshine is generous year-round.