Thursday, October 18, 2012

Arctic Village in China - Mohe County

Do you know Mohe? Will you visit Mohe if you decide to join a private China tour. The following is something about Mohe.

Mohe County (simplified Chinese: 漠河县) is the northernmost county in China, located in the Northeast's Heilongjiang province. The county is named after the Mohe, a Tungusic people of ancient Manchuria. A village, the northernmost settlement in China, at the latitude of 53° 29' N known as China's "Arctic Village" (北极村) lies in this county, on the Amur River, which forms the border with Russia. Here, the astronomical phenomenon of aurora borealis attracts domestic and foreign tourists to this village.

Mohe is located in the far northwest of Heilongjiang, the northernmost province of China. It is located at latitude 52° 10'−53° 33' N and 121° 07'−124° 20' E. It forms a border with Russia's Amur Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai, where the Amur River flows for 245 kilometres (152 mi). The county spans 150 kilometres (93 mi) from north to south and has a total area of 18,233 square kilometres (7,040 sq mi), occupying 21.6% of the prefecture's (Da Hinggan Ling) area and 3.9% of the provincial (Heilongjiang) area. This creates a population density of only 4.64 persons/km2 (12.0 persons/sqmi).
If you want to experience the arctic scenery, you should visit Mohe for you China travel.

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