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Heilongjiang
(redirected from Heilongjiang Province)

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Hei·long·jiang  (hlôngjyäng) also Hei·lung·kiang (hlngkyäng)
A province of extreme northeast China bordering on Russia. It was under Japanese control from 1932 to 1945. Harbin is the capital. Population: 36,200,000.
Heilongjiang [ˈheɪˈlʊŋdʒaɪˈæŋ], Heilungkiang [ˈheɪˈlʊŋˈkjæŋ -kaɪˈæŋ]
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(Placename) a province of NE China, in Manchuria: coal-mining, with placer gold in some rivers. Capital: Harbin. Pop.: 36 890 000 (2000 est.). Area: 464 000 sq. km (179 000 sq. miles)
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Last Saturday, 108 miners were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Heilongjiang province in northeastern China, reigniting concerns about safety standards in the nation's coal mines.
Nine dead in China mine accident: report by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
Rescuers recovered 12 more bodies, a spokesman for the mine in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province said, leaving four miners still unaccounted for after the weekend blast.
Anger builds as China mine toll rises to 104 by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Some 60 others were injured in the blast, which ripped through the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province, around 2:30 a.
Death toll at coal mine explosion in China rises to 87 by Asian Economic News
 
 
 
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