Harbin

Harbin
Harbin; 哈尔滨
	Sub-provincial ceety
	哈尔滨市
	Frae top: Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Hongbo Square an surroondin, Harbin Xinhua Bookstore, Saunt Sofia Kirk, Harbin Mosque, an the Ji Le Temple
	Eik-name(s): Ice Ceety, Oriental Paris, Oriental Moscow
	Harbin (red) in Heilongjiang province (orange) an Cheenae
	Harbin Location in Heilongjiang
	Coordinates: 45°45′N 126°38′E / 45.750°N 126.633°ECoordinates: 45°45′N 126°38′E / 45.750°N 126.633°E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Heilongjiang
Coonty-level diveesions	19
Govrenment
• secretary o a municipal committee o the CPC	Gai Ruyin 盖如垠 (syne August, 2009)
• Mayor	Song Xibin 宋希斌 (syne January, 2012)
Area
• Sub-provincial ceety	53068 km2 (20,490 sq mi)
• Urban	2089 km2 (807 sq mi)
• Metro	4275 km2 (1,651 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (488 ft)
Population
• Sub-provincial ceety	10,635,971
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
• Urban	4,517,549
• Urban density	2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
• Metro	5,282,083
• Metro density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time)
Postal code	150000
Area code(s)	451
License plate prefixes	黑A
GDP (2010)	CNY 3665.9 billion
- per capita	CNY 36,961
Ceety flouers	Syringa
Website	www.harbin.gov.cn

Harbin (Cheenese: 哈尔滨; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn [xɑ́ɻpín]); Manchu leid: , Harbin; Roushie: Харбин́ Kharbin listen (help·info)), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Heilongjiang Province in Northeast Cheenae, as well as the tent maist populatit ceety in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Accordin tae the 2010 Cheenae census data, the ceety's municipal aurie haes 5,878,939 indwallers, while the tot population o the sub-provincial ceety is 10,635,971.^[1] Harbin serves as a key poleetical, economic, scienteefic, cultural an communications hub in Northeast Cheenae.

Harbin is oreeginally a Manchu wird meanin "a place for dryin fishin nets." It is kent for its bitterly cauld winters an is aften cried the "Ice Ceety." Lyin on the soothren bank o the Songhua River, Harbin is weel kent for its bonnie ice sculpturs in winter an its Roushie legacy an still plays an important pairt in Sino-Roushie tred the day. In the 1920s, the ceety wis considered Cheenae's fashion caipital as new designs frae Paris an Moscow reached thare first afore arrivin in Shanghai.^[2]