Hunchun
Hunchun
珲春市 · 훈춘시 | |
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A street in Hunchun, with signage in Chinese, Korean, and Russian | |
Hunchun in Yanbian | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′47″N 130°21′58″E / 42.863°N 130.366°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture | Yanbian |
| Seat | Xin'an Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 5,145.4 km2 (1,986.7 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 125.39 km2 (48.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| 271,000 | |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 216,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 133300 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 珲春市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 琿春市 | ||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 훈춘시 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 혼춘시 | ||||||
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| Russian | Хуньчунь | ||||||
Hunchun is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture within Jilin province to the far east. It borders North Hamgyong Province in North Korea and Primorsky Krai in Russia, has over 250,000 inhabitants, and covers 5,145 square kilometers. The site of the eastern capital of the Balhae Kingdom between 785 and 793, Donggyeong, was located here.
The city's name Hunchun comes from Huncun in Manchu language (Manchu: ᡥᡠᠨᠴᡠᠨ, Möllendorff: huncun, Abkai: hunqun). The city and the village Fangchuan is located near the point of junction of the borders of China, Russia, and North Korea; provided with an observation platform, it is a popular tourist attraction.