Yanji
延吉市 · 연길시 | |
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Yanji cityscape in 2023 Children's Palace China Korean Folk Park | |
 Yanji in Yanbian | |
  Yanji Location of Yanji in Jilin Province | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′N 129°30′E / 42.900°N 129.500°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Autonomous prefecture | Yanbian |
| Township-level divisions | 6 subdistricts 3 towns |
| Municipal seat | Henan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 1,748.3 km2 (675.0 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • County-level city | 686,136 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 548,700 |
| • Urban density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 延吉 | ||||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 연길 | ||||||||
| Hancha | 延吉 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 옌지 | ||||||||
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Yanji (Chinese: 延吉; Korean: 연길; alternately romanized as Yenki or Yenji) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a significant portion is ethnic Korean. Yanji is a busy hub of transport and trade between China and North Korea. The city is home to Yanbian University, a comprehensive university and the only Project 211 university in Yanji.
- ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "延边朝鲜族自治州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Yanbian Prefecture. 7 June 2021.