Yanji
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| Yánjí city | |
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| Chinese | |
| Hanzi: | 延吉市 |
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Yánjí shì |
| Wade-Giles: | Yen-chi shih |
| Chosungul: | 옌지시 |
| Sino-Korean | |
| Chosungul: | 연길시 |
| Hanja: | 延吉市 |
| Revised Romanization: | Yeongil-si |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Yŏn'gil-si |
Yanji (or Yeongil in Korean) is the capital city of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, within Jilin province of northeastern China. Its population is approximately 398,900. Because of the large Korean population, there is now a law that signs in Yanji be written in Chinese with a Korean translation.
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[edit] History
Yanji City is one of the six cities of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, situated in the eastern part of Jilin Province, China. The five other cities are Hunchun, Dunhua, Longjing and Tumen, and the region also has two counties, Antu and Wangqing.
Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu and many other clans took control of it afterwards.
[edit] Climate
The climate of Yanji is considered as one of the coldest in China. It has the same amount of lakes, rivers, and mountains around it as Tumen, Hunchun, and three other cities in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.
[edit] Transport
Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport serves the area providing scheduled passenger flights to China and Korea.
[edit] Education
- Yanbian University of Science and Technology[1]
- Yanbian University
- Yanbian No. 1 High School
[edit] External links
- Official government website (Chinese)
- Yanji region information (English)
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