Ergun City

Ergun ᠡᠷᠬᠥᠨ᠎ᠠ 额尔古纳
—  County-level city  —
额尔古纳市
Ergun Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 50°14′N 122°10′E / 50.233°N 122.167°E / 50.233; 122.167Coordinates: 50°14′N 122°10′E / 50.233°N 122.167°E / 50.233; 122.167
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Hulunbuir
Area
• Total	28,400 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population
• Total	85,162
• Density	Bad rounding here3.0/km2 (Bad rounding here7.8/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	022050
Area code(s)	0470
Website	http://www.eegn.gov.cn/

Ergun (Chinese: 额尔古纳市, É'ěrgǔnà Shì; Mongolian: Эргүн, Ergün), formerly Ergun Right Banner (Chinese: 额尔古纳右旗; pinyin: E'erguna You Qi), is a county-level city in China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Administratively, Ergun is part of the prefecture-level city of Hulunbuir. It occupies 28,400 km² on the right (south-eastern) bank of the Argun River, which forms China's border with Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai (formerly, Chita Oblast).^[1]

The county-level city had the population of 85162 people as of 2006.^[2]

Subdivisions [edit]

The county-level city of Ergun is divided into 2 towns, 2 ethnic townships, and two subdistricts (街道办事处).^[2] As of 2006, their population was reported as follows:

• Labudalin Subdistrict (拉布大林街道办事处), 35,994 - seat of the city government.^[3]
• Shangkuli Subdistrict (上库力街道办事处), 7,032
• Moridaga (Mo'erdaoga) Town (莫尔道嘎镇), 25,309
• Heishantou Town (黑山头镇), 1,797
• Sanhe Hui Ethnic Township (三河回族乡), 11,497
• Shiwei Russian Ethnic Township (室韦俄罗斯民族乡), 3,533

Ethnic composition of the county-level city of Ergun, as of 2006, was reported as follows:^[2]

• Han, 64,591
• Mongol, 7,294
• Russians 2,468
• Others (Hui etc.) 10,809

There are two international border crossings in the county-level city.^[1]

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