Province: | Jilin
Official Name: | Jílínshěng
Status: | Province
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Population Figure: | As of the 2020 census, Jilin's population was approximately 24.07 million.
Area: | 187.000 square kilometer
Location: | North-China Adjacent provinces: Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning Adjacent countries: North Korea, Russia
Capital City: | Nanchang
Sights: | Tianchi lake (Lake of Heaven) in the Changbaishan mountains. The lake sits in the crater of a 2000 m high volcano.
General Information: | The biggest towns of the province: Changchun Jilinshi, Tonghua, Yanji, Liaoyuan The Yalu River flows along the border to North Korea and has been known of since the Korean war, when the Army of the United Nations, controlled by the USA, bombed Chinese territory located beyond the river (at least according to communist propaganda) and the Chinese "volunteer's army" intervened in the war.
Links: | www.jl.gov.cn: Jilin’s official website http://www.china.org.cn/english/ China Internet Information Center
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