Zhaoyuan County

Zhaoyuan-County 肇源县
County
Location of Zhaoyuan County in Daqing
Daqing in Heilongjiang
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Prefecture-level city	Daqing
County seat	Zhengfu Street No. 304, Zhaoyuan Town (肇源镇政府大街304号)
Area
• Total	4,198 km2 (1,621 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	475,800
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	zgzy.gov.cn

Zhaoyuan County (Chinese: 肇源县; pinyin: Zhàoyuán Xiàn), formerly Rear Gorlos Banner, is a county in the west-central part of Heilongjiang Province, China, bordering Jilin province to the south. The southernmost county-level division of Daqing City, it has a land area of 4,198 km² (1,621 sq mi) and a population of 450,000. The postal code is 166500. The county seat is located in Zhaoyuan Town.

Some farms in Zhaoyuan county with alkaline soil are experimenting rice cultivation with hybrid saltwater-tolerant rice.^[1]