Tonghua

Tonghua
通化市
T'ung-hua
View from Yuhuang Mountain
Night Street in Dongchang
Tonghua Science and Culture Center
Yang Jingyu Memorial Park
Yuhuang Temple
From top, left to right: View from Yuhuang Mountain; Night Street in Dongchang; Tonghua Science and Culture Center; Yang Jingyu Memorial Park; Yuhuang Temple
Location of Tonghua City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Location of Tonghua City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Tonghua is located in Jilin
Tonghua
Tonghua
Location of the city centre in Jilin
Coordinates (Tonghua government): 41°43′42″N 125°56′23″E / 41.7283°N 125.9397°E / 41.7283; 125.9397
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
County-level divisions7
Municipal seatDongchang District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Tonghua SecretaryLiu Baowei (刘保威)
 • MayorTian Yulin (田玉林)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city15,195 km2 (5,867 sq mi)
 • Urban
761 km2 (294 sq mi)
 • Metro
761 km2 (294 sq mi)
Elevation
374 m (1,227 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Prefecture-level city1,812,114
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
 • Urban
446,917
 • Urban density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
 • Metro
446,917
 • Metro density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 100 billion
US$ 16.1 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 45,171
US$ 7,252
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
134000
Area code0435
ISO 3166 codeCN-JL-05
Licence plate prefixes吉E
Websitetonghua.gov.cn
Tonghua
"Tonghua", as written in Chinese
Chinese通化
PostalTunghwa
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTōnghuà
Wade–GilesT'ung1-hua4

Tonghua (Chinese: 通化; pinyin: Tōnghuà) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, Liaoyuan to the northwest, and Liaoning province to the west and southwest. Its population was 1,812,114 registered residents at the 2020 census living in an area of 15,195 square kilometres (5,867 sq mi). Its built-up (or metro) area made of the two urban districts was home to 446,917 inhabitants. It is known as one of the five medicine production centres in China.[3]

  1. ^ "China: Jílín (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ 吉林省统计局、国家统计局吉林调查总队 (September 2016). 《吉林统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7899-5. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference City Intro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).