Meihekou

Meihekou
梅河口市
Meihekou in Tonghua
Meihekou
Location in Jilin
Coordinates (Meihekou government): 42°32′27″N 125°42′39″E / 42.5407°N 125.7107°E / 42.5407; 125.7107
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
Prefecture-level cityTonghua
SeatXinhua Subdistrict (新华街道)
Area
2,174.6 km2 (839.6 sq mi)
  Urban
80.00 km2 (30.89 sq mi)
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2009)
617,262
  Estimate 
(2017)
709,000
  Urban
285,100
  Hukou permits
183,565
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
135000

Meihekou (Chinese: 梅河口; pinyin: Méihékǒu; lit. 'Plum River Mouth') is a city of 600,000 in Jilin, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and two national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to Liaoyuan in the northwest. The city is administratively a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Tonghua, and is its northernmost county-level division.