Huma County
Huma County (simplified Chinese: 呼玛县; traditional Chinese: 呼瑪縣; pinyin: Hūmǎ xiàn; Manchu: Hūmar Siyan; Russian: Кумары) is a county in the far north of the Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Amur River, a few kilometers upstream from the fall of the Huma River (formerly also known as Houmar) into the Amur. It is under the administration of the Daxing'anling Prefecture.
Huma County
呼玛县 | |
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The Huma River was shown as Houmar on early maps (1773), the surrounding region labeled Houmari | |
Huma County (red) in Daxing'anling Prefecture (yellow) and Heilongjiang | |
Huma Location of the seat in Heilongjiang | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′N 126°39′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture | Daxing'anling |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,285 km2 (5,515 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 340,000 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 165100 |
| Area code | 0457 |
The opposite side of the Amur River is in Amurskaya Oblast', Russia, where there is a village with the same name in Russified form, Kumara (Russian: Кумара)
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