Jixi
Coal-mining hub in Heilongjiang near the Russian border.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 45°17′42″N 130°58′08″E (45.2950, 130.9690) · Open in OpenStreetMap
Coordinates and connected clubs: the infobox of Wikipedia: Jixi (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map: drawn by Codexery from OpenStreetMap tiles.
Jixi is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang Province, China, located on the Muling River near the Russian border. It is one of the country's important coal mining bases, with coal reserves estimated at about 8 billion tons, and its economy has historically been built around this resource.
Background
Jixi's history stretches back to ancient times, when it was ruled by the Jurchen and Goguryeo peoples. During the Shang dynasty, local dwellers communicated with the Central Plain, and primitive agriculture advanced in the Han dynasty. Under the Tang dynasty, the area was controlled by Balhae. In the late 19th century, as Czarist Russia advanced, Qing officials proposed opening Manchuria for farming, ending the blockade.
Han Chinese migrated from Shandong and Zhili, and coal resources were discovered. Skidelsky and the Jilin Province government. Japanese settlers slaughtered over 100,000 miners, leaving mass graves in Didao. The city's current domain was reached in the 1980s with the incorporation of Mishan and Hulin.
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- Wikipedia: Jixi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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