Yanji
延吉市 · 연길시 | |
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Yanji cityscape in 2023 Children's Palace China Korean Folk Park | |
![]() Yanji in Yanbian | |
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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Chinese Korean name | |||||||||
Chosŏn'gŭl | 연길 | ||||||||
Hancha | 延吉 | ||||||||
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South Korean name | |||||||||
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.