- Yanji
Yanji (or Yeongil in Korean) is the capital city of
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture , withinJilin province of northeasternChina . Its population is approximately 398,900. Because of the large Korean population, there is now a law that signs in Yanji be written in Chinese with a Korean translation.History
Yanji City is one of the six cities of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Region, situated in the eastern part of
Jilin Province , China. The five other cities areHunchun ,Dunhua , Longjing and Tumen, and the region also has two counties,Antu andWangqing .Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu and many other clans took control of it afterwards. It was officially a city part of the
People's Republic of China in 1949.The place that today is called Yanji is part of Manchuria (the word Manchuria was explained in Chinese as the Land of the North-east).
Climate
The climate of Yanji is considered as one of the coldest in China. It has the same amount of lakes, rivers, and montains around it as Tumen, Hunchun, and three other cities in
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture .Travel
[http://www.kayak.com/Hotels/CN/--/Yanji.ksp] http://www.kayak.com/Hotels/CN/--/Yanji.ksp
[http://www.webport.com/airport.php?code=YNJ_Yanji_Airport_%E5%BB%B6%E5%90%89&lang=en&mode=a&sd=car] http://www.webport.com/airport.php?code=YNJ_Yanji_Airport_%E5%BB%B6%E5%90%89&lang=en&mode=a&sd=car
Education
*
Yanbian University of Science and Technology [http://www.yust.edu/yust/index.html]
*Yanbian University
* Yanbian No. 1 High SchoolExternal links
* [http://www.yanji.gov.cn/ Official website] (Chinese)
* [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/095th_issue/99051904.htm] (For more info on Yanji)
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