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The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture [a] is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin Province, China.Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang Province, on the west by Jilin's Baishan City and Jilin City, on the south by North Korea's North Hamgyong Province and on the east by Primorsky Krai in Russia.
In September 1994, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was selected by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a "Model Autonomous Prefecture". Yanbian was the first autonomous prefecture in China to receive this title and it had continuously received this title five times.
Changbai Korean Autonomous County [a], or simply Changbai County [b], is a county in southern Jilin province, China, facing Hyesan, North Korea. It is under the administration of the city of Baishan , 160 kilometres (99 mi) to the west-northwest, and has an area of 2,497.6 km 2 (964.3 sq mi).
Autonomous Prefecture (Korean) 2,271,600 43,509 85.884 Yanji City: Shenyang* Liaoning: City: ... Prefecture Chinese Founded Dissolved Merged division Former status ...
The majority of the Korean Chinese population resides in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, which holds special significance as China's first ethnic minority autonomous prefecture. There is also the Changbai Korean Autonomous County and various other regions in China with a lower population density of Korean Chinese. Notably, around ...
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.
Fangchuan (Chinese: 防川; pinyin: Fángchuān) is a village in Jingxin (敬信 镇 / 경신진), Hunchun, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China. [1] [2] It is located along the Tumen River, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the borders of China, North Korea and Russia converge and is 15 km (9.3 mi) from the Sea of Japan. [2]
Dunhua (Chinese: 敦化; Korean: 돈화) is a county-level city of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin province, China. It has more than 480,000 inhabitants (as of 2002) and was the capital of Balhae between 742 and 756, known at the time as "Junggyeong".