Hunchun
Hunchun (simplified Chinese: 珲春; traditional Chinese: 琿春; pinyin: Húnchūn; Chosŏn'gŭl: 혼춘; Hangul: 훈춘) is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, far eastern Jilin province. It borders North Korea (North Hamgyong province) and Russia (Primorsky Krai), has over 250,000 inhabitants, and covers 5,145 square kilometers. The site of the eastern capital of the Balhae Kingdom between 785 and 793, Donggyeong, was located here.
Hunchun
珲春市 · 훈춘시 Hun-ch'un | |
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A street in Hunchun | |
Hunchun in Yanbian | |
Hunchun Location of the city center in Jilin | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′47″N 130°21′58″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture | Yanbian |
| Seat | Xin'an Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 5,145.4 km2 (1,986.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 125.39 km2 (48.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 271,000 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 216,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 133300 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 珲春市 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 琿春市 | ||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 혼춘시 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 훈춘시 | ||||||
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The city's name Hunchun comes from Huncun in Manchu language. (Manchu: ᡥᡠᠨᠴᡠᠨ, Möllendorff: huncun, Abkai: hunqun).
The city and the village Fangchuan is located near the point of junction of the borders of China, Russia, and North Korea; provided with an observation platform, it is a popular tourist attraction.