Zhaoyuan-County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Mapsize: | 220px |
Image Map1: | Location of Daqing Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png |
Map Caption1: | Daqing in Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Daqing |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Zhengfu Street No. 304, Zhaoyuan Town (Chinese: 肇源镇政府大街304号) |
Area Total Km2: | 4198 |
Population Total: | 475800 |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code: | 166500 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Zhaoyuan County, formerly Rear Gorlos Banner, is a county in the west-central part of Heilongjiang Province, China, bordering Jilin province to the south. The southernmost county-level division of Daqing City, it has a land area of 4198km2 and a population of 450,000. The postal code is 166500. The county seat is located in Zhaoyuan Town.
Some farms in Zhaoyuan county with alkaline soil are experimenting rice cultivation with hybrid saltwater-tolerant rice.[1]
Zhaoyuan consists of 8 towns and 8 townships.[2]