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Yanji
Jilin, China · Asia
About Yanji
Yanji sits on the route: 25 minutes from Longjing.
Yanji is in Jilin, China, with about 330,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Longjing, about 15 km away.
Yanji (Chinese: 延吉; Korean: 연길 Yŏn'gil; alternately romanized as Yenki or Yenji) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Yanji City is located in the eastern part of Jilin Province. It is the seat of the government of Yanbian KoreanRead more
Autonomous Prefecture and the political, economic and cultural center of the entire autonomous prefecture. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a significant portion is ethnic Korean. Yanji is a busy hub of transport and trade between China and North Korea. The city is home to Yanbian University, a comprehensive university and the only Project 211 university in Yanji.
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Yanji is in Jilin, China, about 15 km from Longjing.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 326,957
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Jilin
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 42.8882, 129.5024
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