Hunchun

Hunchun
Hunchun
Simplified Chinese	珲春市
Traditional Chinese	琿春市
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Húnchūn Shì
Chinese Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	혼춘시
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Honchun-si
McCune–Reischauer	Honch'un-si
South Korean name
Hangul	훈춘시
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Hunchun-si
McCune–Reischauer	Hunch'un-si

Hunchun

珲春市 · 훈춘시
Hun-ch'un
Hunchun 珲春市 · 훈춘시 Hun-ch'un
County-level city
	A street in Hunchun
	Hunchun in Yanbian
	Hunchun Location of the city center in Jilin
	Coordinates: 42°51′47″N 130°21′58″E / 42.863°N 130.366°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

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.^[2]^[3] The site of the eastern capital of the Balhae Kingdom between 785 and 793, Donggyeong, was located here.

The city's name Hunchun comes from Huncun in Manchu language. (Manchu: ᡥᡠᠨᠴᡠᠨ, Möllendorff: huncun, Abkai: hunqun).^[4]

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.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ North Korean Economy Watch > News and analysis of the North Korean economy^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "News and analysis of the North Korean economy : Koryolink continues to expand customer base". North Korean Economy Watch. November 17, 2009.
^ Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1771). 御製增訂清文鑑·卷十·人部一人類一·滿洲 [Enlarged and Revised Manchu Dictionary written by the Emperor of Qing (han -i araha nonggime toktobuha manju gisun -i buleku bithe, juwanci debtelin, niyalmai šošohon uju, niyalmai hacin uju, manju, 4-ci afaha)] (in Manchu). Vol. 10, Human-beings 1. p. 4.
^ Schmitz, Rob (November 16, 2015). "China's Frontier Towns > China bets big on border town with Russia, North Korea". Minnesota Public Radio.

[CUCSY_2017-1] Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[2] North Korean Economy Watch > News and analysis of the North Korean economy^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "News and analysis of the North Korean economy : Koryolink continues to expand customer base". North Korean Economy Watch. November 17, 2009.

[4] Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1771). 御製增訂清文鑑·卷十·人部一人類一·滿洲 [Enlarged and Revised Manchu Dictionary written by the Emperor of Qing (han -i araha nonggime toktobuha manju gisun -i buleku bithe, juwanci debtelin, niyalmai šošohon uju, niyalmai hacin uju, manju, 4-ci afaha)] (in Manchu). Vol. 10, Human-beings 1. p. 4.

[schmitz-5] Schmitz, Rob (November 16, 2015). "China's Frontier Towns > China bets big on border town with Russia, North Korea". Minnesota Public Radio.

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