Meihekou
梅河口市 | |
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Coordinates (Meihekou government): 42°32′27″N 125°42′39″E / 42.5407°N 125.7107°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jilin |
Prefecture-level city | Tonghua |
Seat | Xinhua Subdistrict (新华街道) |
Area | |
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city | 2,174.6 km2 (839.6 sq mi) |
• Urban | 80.00 km2 (30.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
Population (2009)[2] | 617,262 |
• Estimate (2017) | 709,000 |
• Urban | 285,100 |
• Hukou permits | 183,565 |
Time zone | UTC+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.