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Jilin City at a glance

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Updated: 2007-01-25 10:11

Geographic Location

Situated at 125''40'~127''56' east longitude and 42''31~44''40' north
latitude, Jilin is the second largest city in Jilin Province. It is
located in the transitional area between Changchai Mountain and Songnen
Plain with the main stream of Songhua River running through the whole
region.

The Jilin Culture Temple Museum

Administrative Divisions

Bordering on Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture in the east, Changchun City
and Siping City in the west, Baishan City, Tonghua City and Liaoyuan City
in the south and Leilongjiang Province in the north, Jilin City covers a
total area of 27,894 square kilometers, of which urban area accounts for
3750 square kilometers. It governs four districts including Changyi,
Chuanying,Longtan and Fengman, one couty Yongji and four county-level
cities Shulan, Panshi, Jiaohe and Huadian.
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Population

By the end of 2003, the total population of the city had reached 4.514
million. In Northeast China, Jilin is one of the well-known cities with
over 300 years of history. It was the political, economic and military
centers in14th-19th century period, and the capital city of Jilin
Province during the periods of the late Qing Dynasty, Minguo and Civil
Revolutionary War.

The Jilin Meteorolite Museum

Climate

With a temperate continental monsoonal climate, Jilin enjoys four
distinct seasons, including dry and windy springs, warm and rainy
summers, cool and sunny autumns and cold and snowy winters. It has a mean
annual temperature of 3��~5��, an annual frost-free period of 120~130
days, and a total sunlight amount of 2400~2600 hours for the whole year.
The mean annual precipitation of the city is 650~670 millimeters, which
decreases from southeast to northwest, and mean hailstone period is 2~4
days, which often appears in May, June or September and October.

Following is the average climate information of January and February from
2001 to 2005.

Sunrise: 7:15; Sunset: 17:05

Wind speed (m/s): 1.8 (light breeze); wind direction: Southwesterly wind

Average temperature (��C): -13.15

Snowfall (mm): 6.5

Number of Days with Grade-A Air: 80.75%

Overcast and Sunny Days: Percentage of sunny days: 35.5%; Percentage of
overcast days: 17%; Percentage of sunny to overcast days: 47.5%

The Songjiangzhong Road

Natural Resources

Jilin is rich in natural resources, of which land, water conservancy,
mining, forests, and wild animals are higher than average level of the
nation, especially the water resources has made Jilin City the one with a
high level of 3,679 cubic meters per capita.
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Tourism

Jilin has advantaged tourism resources with natural and cultural
sceneries dotted here and there in the city. Jilin is also well known as
a winter sports city with top-ranking facilities and skiing fields.

Development

Jilin has attached great importance to opening up to the outside world in
recent years, thus having seen steady development in foreign trade and
economic and trade cooperation, and accelerated the tempo of utilizing
foreign direct investment. Investment environment has been improved. It
has set up one development zone at national level - Jilin New and Hi-tech
Industry Development Zone, and three development zones at provincial
level.

GDP

In 2003, Jilin generated a total GDP of RMB 60.01 billion with per capita
GDP reaching RMB 13,808(USD 1,668). The total revenue of the city in 2003
totaled RMB 4.85 billion.

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