Yanji
Yanji
延吉市 · 연길시 | |
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Cityscape of Yanji Downtown Yanji Children's Palace Chinese Korean Folk Park Shopping mall adjacent to Park Bridge Station | |
Yanji in Yanbian | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′N 129°30′E / 42.900°N 129.500°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Autonomous prefecture | Yanbian |
| Township-level divisions | 6 subdistricts 3 towns |
| Municipal seat | Henan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 1,748.3 km2 (675.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 686,136 | |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 548,700 |
| • Urban density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 延吉 | ||||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 연길 | ||||||||
| Hancha | 延吉 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 옌지 | ||||||||
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Yanji (Chinese: 延吉; Korean: 연길; 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 Korean 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.