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Jilin brief information
Provincial capital: Changchun
Population: 27.037 millions
Major Cities: Changchun; Jilin; Changbaishan |
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Jilin province is located in the central part of Northeast China, adjoining Heilongjiang Province in the north, Lianing Province in the south, and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the west. It lies in the hinterland of the northeastern Asia composed of Japan, Russia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and the northeast part of China, adjacent to Russia in the east, and opposite to the DPRK in the southeast across the Tumen and Yalu rivers. Located between 122-131 ° E and 41-46 ° N., its territory covers 187,400 square kilometers, accounting for 2 percent of the nation’s total, which extend 650 km from east to west, and 300 km from south to north. The land is high in the southeastern part and low in the northwestern, with a vast plain lying in its mid-west.
The province boasts rich tourism resources. In the provincial capital Changchun, there are the former government office of the Manchurian State established by the Japanese invaders during World War II, the Jingyuetan Forest Park, the Monument to the Martyrs of the Soviet Red Army, the Automobile Town, and the Changchun Film Studio. In Jilin City, there are the mountain city of Gaojuli on Mount Longtans; Beishan Park; the Songhua Lake in Fengman; the Baohai Ancient Tombs in Mount Liuding of Dunhua; the Chengzishan mountain city in Yanji; the Changbeishan Nature Reserve that covers a vast area in the three counties of Changbei, Antu and Fusong and boasts scenic spots such as the Heavenly Pond, waterfalls, and groups of hot springs and grand canyons. In Tonghua, there is the Tomb of General Yang Jingyu.
Jilin is among the provinces with the most developed rail transportation system. With the Shenyang-Harbin Railway as the central axis, trunk rail lines branch out in all directions linking the province with the country's major cities. Highways handles short-distance transport. Inland navigation, with the Second Songhua River as the trunk line, plays an insignificant role in Jilin's transport system.
Climate:Jilin has a temperate continental monsoonal climate. It is the climatic transition zone between the northern and southern parts of northeast China, with cold and long winters, warm, short and rainy summers, and a windy spring and autumn with ever-changing weather. Jilin has a mean annual temperature of 5.5°C, an annual ice-bound period of around five months in its rivers, and a mean annual precipitation of 400-1,000 mm. The precipitation at the southern foothills of the Changbai Mountains exceeds 1,000 mm. and decreases gradually from southeast to northwest.
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