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Jilin Description
(Local Name: Jilinwula) Area: 187,400sq.km/72,355sq.mi

Population: 4 million. Capital: Changchun

Jilin lies in northeast China, on the border with Russia and North Korea, between 121°38'-131°17'E and 40°52'-46°18'N.

The province is called ''Jilinwula'' in Manchurian, which means ''along the Song-hua River''. Around 30 ethnic minorities, including Koreans, Hui, Manchurians and Mongols, live here.

Jilin takes in parts of the fertile Manchurian plains belonging to the catchment area of the Soghuajiang, the most important river in the province, and also part of the East Manchurian wooded mountain areas.

The continental climate brings long cold winters and short summers
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