Wudalianchi

Wudalianchi (), formerly Dedu County (), is a county-level city in Heilongjiang province, Northeast China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Heihe. The city is served by Wudalianchi Dedu Airport.

The city's name literal means "five great joint ponds", referring to a set of interconnected volcanogenic lakes formed after the eruption of the Laoheishan (, means "Old Black Mountain") and Huoshaoshan (, means "Fire Burn Mountain") volcanoes in 1720–21. The city's territory incorporates part of a volcanic field, which contains a APGN- and UNESCO-listed geopark.

Administrative divisions

Wudalianchi City is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns and 4 townships.

1 subdistrict

• Qingshan ()

7 towns

• Long (), Heping (), Wudalianchi (), Shuangquan (), Xinfa (), Tuanjie (), Xinglong ()

4 townships

• Jianshe (), Taiping (), Xing'an (), Zhaoyang ()

Demographics

The population of the district was in 1999.

Climate

See also

• List of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Asia
• Wudalianchi volcanic field

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