Why is Hegang called a ghost town?
Hegang is a city located in Heilongjiang Province, China. It used to be a resource-based city with coal resources as its main economic pillar. However, with the gradual depletion of coal resources, Hegang's economy has gradually declined, a large number of people have lost, and the city has become desolate, so it is called "ghost town".
Hegang used to be one of the important coal bases in China. However, with the gradual depletion of resources, Hegang's economy gradually lost its support, and the city's development was also in trouble. With the depletion of coal resources, Hegang's economy has been declining, resulting in a decrease in the city's fiscal revenue, insufficient investment in infrastructure, and ineffective protection of people's livelihood.
Hegang special
Hegang, located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, China, is a resource-based city with coal resources as its main economic pillar. Hegang's topography is characterized by high northwest and low southeast, and the terrain inclines from northwest to southeast. The whole city can be divided into four types of landforms: low mountains, hills, plains, valleys and flood plains.
Hegang climate is characterized by low temperature, long winter and abundant ice and snow resources, which is suitable for developing ice and snow tourism. Hegang is also rich in coal resources. Coal has the characteristics of low sulfur, low phosphorus, low ash and low arsenic, which is especially suitable for food processing industry and burning coal in big cities. In addition, Hegang is one of the largest production bases of high-quality thermal coal in China.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hegang.