Jiaohe, Jilin

Jiaohe
蛟河市
A view of Jiaohe railway station [zh]
Jiaohe in Jilin City
Jiaohe in Jilin City
Jiaohe is located in Jilin
Jiaohe
Jiaohe
Location in Jilin
Coordinates: 43°43′26″N 127°20′41″E / 43.7238°N 127.3448°E / 43.7238; 127.3448
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
Prefecture-level cityJilin City
SeatHenan Subdistrict (河南街道)
Area
6,235 km2 (2,407 sq mi)
Elevation
345 m (1,132 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
489,000
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Urban
146,300
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
132500

Jiaohe (Chinese: 蛟河; pinyin: Jiāohé) is a middle-sized county-level city in east-central Jilin province, People's Republic of China, bordering Heilongjiang to the northeast. It is under the administration of Jilin City, 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the west, and it is well known for its production of tobacco. The mayor of the city is Wang Gang (王钢).

The sister city (or twin town) of Jiaohe is Folsom, California, United States.

  1. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.