Jilin City
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Jilin 吉林市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
Jilin Bridge and Century Square
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| Nickname(s): River City (江城) | |
 Jilin City (red) in Jilin province (orange) |
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 Jilin
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| Coordinates: 43°52′N 126°33′E / 43.867°N 126.550°ECoordinates: 43°52′N 126°33′E / 43.867°N 126.550°E | |
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 China
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| Province | Jilin |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Jilin City Secretary | Zhao Jingbo (赵静波) |
| • Mayor | Zhang Huanqiu (张焕秋) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 27,166.37 km2 (10,488.99 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,663.9 km2 (1,414.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,663.9 km2 (1,414.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 202 m (663 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,413,517 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,975,121 |
| • Urban density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,975,121 |
| • Metro density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 132000 |
| Area code(s) | 0432 |
| GDP per capita | ¥42，900 (2010) |
| Major Nationalities | Han, Manchu, Korean, Hui |
| Licence plates | 吉B |
| ISO 3166-2 | cn-22-02 |
| Website | JLCity.gov.cn |
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"Jilin", as written in Chinese
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| Chinese | 吉林 | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Jílín |
| Wade–Giles | Chi2-lin2 |
Jilin City (postal: Kirin; Chinese: 吉林市; pinyin: Jílín Shì; Wade–Giles: Chi2-lin2 Shih4) Is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in Northeast China. As of the 2010 census, 4,413,517 people resided within its administrative area of 27,166.37 square kilometres (10,488.99 sq mi) and 1,975,121 in its built-up (or metro) area consisting of four urban districts. A prefecture-level city, it is the only major city nationally that shares its name with its province.
Jilin City is also known as the River City because of the Songhua River surrounding much of the city. In 2007, it co-hosted the Asian Winter Games.
Jilin City is among one of the oldest cities in Northeast China. The ancestors of the Manchu people lived there before the Qin dynasty.
During the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the Ming dynasty, efforts were made to expand Ming control throughout all of Manchuria. Mighty river fleets were built and sailed several times from Jilin City, getting the chieftains of the local tribes to swear allegiance to the Ming rulers. Soon after the establishment of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, the territory of today's Primorsky Kray was put under the administration of Jilin. As the Russian Empire advanced eastward to the Pacific coast, the Qing government ordered a naval shipbuilding factory to be set up here in 1661. Jilin was officially established as a fort city in 1673 when Anzhuhu (安珠瑚), the Deputy Lieutenant-General (副都统), was ordered to build a castle in Jilin. In 1676, the Military Governor of Ninguta was transferred to Jilin City because of its more convenient location and increasing military importance, while the former Deputy Lieutenant-General was transferred in the opposite direction to Ninguta. Since then Jilin City has developed at a rapid pace. The nickname of Jilin City is River City (江城), which originates from one sentence "连樯接舰屯江城; (Lián qiáng jiē jiàn tún jiāngchéng)" of a poem written by Kangxi Emperor when he was visiting Jilin City in 1682. Jilin retained its importance into the 18th and 19th century as one of the few cities existing beyond the Willow Palisade, along with Tsitsihar, Ninguta and Mukden.
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