Pingfang, Harbin

Pingfang

平房?
Pingfang 平房?
District
	The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731
	Location of Pingfang in Harbin
	Harbin in Heilongjiang
	Coordinates: 45°36′12″N 126°37′42″E / 45.6033°N 126.6284°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Sub-provincial city	Harbin
Area
? Total	98.0 km 2 (37.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)
? Total	190,253
? Density	1,900/km 2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 ( China Standard )

Pingfang District ( simplified Chinese : 平房? ; traditional Chinese : 平房區 ; pinyin : Pingfang Q? ) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin , the capital of Heilongjiang Province , Northeast China , forming part of the city's urban core. The least spacious of Harbin's county-level divisions , it borders the districts of Xiangfang to the north, Acheng to the east, Shuangcheng to the southwest, and Nangang to the west.

History [ edit ]

Pingfang was the headquarters of the Japanese Biological Warfare Unit 731 during the Japanese invasion of China and World War II . It had an airport, railway and dungeons. Most of Pingfang was burnt by Japanese officials to destroy evidence but the incinerator where the remains of victims were burnt remains and is still in use as part of a factory.

Administrative divisions [ edit ]

Pingfang District is divided into 9 subdistricts and 1 town. ^[4]

9 subdistricts

Xingjian ( ?建街道 ), Baoguo ( 保?街道 ), Lianmeng ( ?盟街道 ), Youxie ( 友?街道 ), Xinjiang ( 新疆街道 ), Xinwei ( 新?街道 ), Pingxin ( 平新街道 ), Jian'an ( 建安街道 ), Pingsheng ( 平盛街道 )

1 town

Pingfang ( 平房? )

Economy [ edit ]

Pingfang is an industrial center of Harbin nowadays. Hafei (a factory producing helicopters, small airplanes, minivans, and cars), Dongan (a factory producing aircraft and automobile engines), and Northeast Light Alloy Processing Plant are the three major manufacturers there.

Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (Hafei) has its headquarters in the district. ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ Google (2014-07-02). "Pingfang" (Map). Google Maps . Google . Retrieved 2014-07-02 .
^ Harbin Statistical Yearbook 2011 ( 《哈????年?2011》 ). Accessed 8 July 2014.
^ 2010 Census Harbin primary statistics report ( 《哈??市2010年第六次全?人口普?主要?据公?》 ). Accessed 8 July 2014.
^ "?家??局 2019" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . Retrieved 2021-12-07 .
^ " Home Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine " (English). Harbin Aircraft Industry Group . Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN." - Chinese address Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine : " 地址：哈??市平房?友?大街15? "

External links [ edit ]

Unit 731, a half century of denial

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[1] Google (2014-07-02). "Pingfang" (Map). Google Maps . Google . Retrieved 2014-07-02 .

[stats_yearbook-2] Harbin Statistical Yearbook 2011 ( 《哈????年?2011》 ). Accessed 8 July 2014.

[permanent_census-3] 2010 Census Harbin primary statistics report ( 《哈??市2010年第六次全?人口普?主要?据公?》 ). Accessed 8 July 2014.

[4] "?家??局 2019" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . Retrieved 2021-12-07 .

[5] " Home Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine " (English). Harbin Aircraft Industry Group . Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN." - Chinese address Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine : " 地址：哈??市平房?友?大街15? "

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