Qitaihe

Qitaihe 七台河市
Prefecture-level city
view east along Xuefu Street
Qitaihe (red) in Heilongjiang (orange)
Qitaihe Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 45°46′N 131°00′E / 45.767°N 131.000°E / 45.767; 131.000
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	4
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CPC Qitaihe Secretary	Zhang Xianjun (张宪军)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	6,221 km2 (2,402 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	920,419
• Urban	620,935
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
zipcode	154600
Area code(s)	0464
Licence plates	黑K
ISO 3166-2	cn-23-09
Climate	Dwb
Website	qth.gov.cn/zwgk/ldzc/

Qitaihe
"Qitaihe", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Chinese	七台河
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qītáihé
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡴᡳᡨᠠᡳᡥᡝ
Russian name
Russian	Цитайхэ

Qitaihe (Chinese: 七台河; pinyin: Qītáihé) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. Covering an area 6,223 km² (2,403 sq mi), it is geographically the smallest prefecture-level division of the province. Qitaihe also has the second smallest population of the cities in Heilongjiang. At the 2010 census, its total population was 920,419, while 620,935 live in the built up area made of 3 urban districts.

Qitaihe's history can be stretched back to 3,000 years ago during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, when it was inhabited by the ancient Sushen group, the ancestors of the Manchu. In 1910, coal resources was found in Qitaihe. However, coal mining industry did not really start until The CPC Committee of Heilongjiang Province ordered Hegang Mining Bureau to take charge of the Extractive industries in Boli County in 1958. Qitaihe began its development. On Jan 26, 1961, Boli Mining Bureau was established. The CPC Central Committee and State Council approved to establish Qitaihe District(七台河特区) as a pilot of the combination of enterprise management and government administration. In 1970, Qitaihe District was changed into Qitaihe City(County-level), which is under the jurisdiction of Jiamusi. In 1983, Qitaihe was designated a Prefecture-level city, and Boli County was put into Qitaihe's jurisdiction.

Qitaihe is rich in fresh water and minerals including coal, gold and graphite. There are 26 reservoirs in total . The water storage capacity of the city's Taoshan Reservoir is 264 million steres. Qitaihe has a total coal reserve of 5.3 billion tons, ranking third after Shuangyashan and Jixi in Heilongjiang Province.

Qitaihe has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, bitter, but dry winters, and humid and very warm summers.

Coal mining is an important industry. Qitaihe is the only pilot city for coal recycling in Heilongjiang. The city's GDP topped RMB 23.35 billion in 2009, featuring a growth of 26% over the previous year. Qitaihe is home to Qitaihe Coal Mining Group and Qitaihe No.1 Power Generation Company.