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Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was founded on Sep. 1952. It is the largest region where ethnic Koreans live in compact communities and the only minority prefecture in northeast China. There are 6 cities (Yanji, Tumen, Longjing, Dunhua, Hunchun, Helong) and 2 counties ( Antu and Wangqing ) in the prefecture . |
| The total area is 42.700 square kilometers, which is about a quarter of area of Jilin Province. The relief map shows the three landforms, a moutain regionhilly land and basin, the physical feature -high in the west, low in the east. The total population in Yanbian is about 2.185.500, of which 58.34% are Chinese, 38.76% Korean, 2.9% are other minorities. Since the foundation of Prefecture, the Party and State have been paying great attention to construction and development of Yanbian. |
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