The county is 85 kilometers long from north to south and 72.7 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of 3 137.7 square kilometers. The southeast and northwest are adjacent to Mulan County, Binxian County, Hulan District, Beilin District and Qing 'an County of Suihua City respectively. The county governs 10 towns, 8 townships and 1 16 administrative villages, with a permanent population of 590,000 (20 1 1 year).
The population consists of 15 ethnic groups, such as Han nationality, Korean nationality, Hui nationality, Mongolian nationality and Zhuang nationality, mainly Han nationality. 1999 was awarded the title of "National Cultural Advanced County" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2007, it was awarded the title of "the first pig raising county in the province". 20 1 1, Bayan county was selected as the seventh batch of "national ecological demonstration counties". In 20 12, it was awarded the title of "hometown of calligraphy in China".
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After the founding of New China, Songjiang Province was merged into Heilongjiang Province in August 1954, and Bayan County was directly under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. 1955 In March, Bayan County People's Government was changed to Bayan County People's Committee. 1956 In March, Suihua Commissioner's Office was established and Bayan County was under its jurisdiction. 1March 1996, Songhua River Society merged with Harbin, and Bayan County was placed under the jurisdiction of Harbin.
administrative division
By 2020, Bayan County will have * * * jurisdiction over 10 towns, 8 townships and10/6 administrative villages: Bayan Town, Xinglong Town, Xiji Town, Wanfa Town, Longquan Town, Tianzeng Town, Longmiao Town, Waxing Town, Heishan Town and Bayan Port.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Bayan County