Qiqihar, also known as Crane City and Buqui. Qiqihar is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province, as well as the provincial sub-center city of Heilongjiang Province, located in the western part of Heilongjiang Province. "Qiqihar" comes from the Daur language, which means "frontier" or "natural pasture". Qiqihar is the center of the northwestern region of northeast China, one of the thirteen larger cities, is approved by the State Council with independent legislative power of the city, China's National Historical and Cultural City, is China's important old industrial base, commodity grain base, animal husbandry base and green food base. It is also the center of politics, economy, science and technology, culture and education, medical care, commerce and transportation in the western part of Heilongjiang Province, radiating to the western part of Heilongjiang Province, the western part of Jilin Province and the northern part of Inner Mongolia. It has a history of more than 800 years as a city and 255 years as the capital of Heilongjiang Province. Qiqihar is located in the northeastern Songnen Plain, is located in the east longitude 122 to 126 degrees, latitude 45 to 48 degrees north, is located in black, ji, montreal provinces and regions at the intersection of the east of daqing and suihua city, south of jilin province, white city, west of hulunbeier city in inner mongolia, north of the city of heihe, daxinganling area border, from the capital of harbin city 359 kilometers away from the russian and chinese port city of heihe city 483 kilometers. Under the jurisdiction of 1 city, 8 counties and 7 districts, with an area of 42,400 square kilometers and a total population of 5.673 million. Zalong Nature Reserve, one of the wetland reserves and also a habitat for cranes, is located 32 kilometers southeast of the city.