Where is Yanbian Prefecture?

Yanbian is located in the east of Jilin Province, at the junction of China, Russia and North Korea, facing the Sea of Japan. It is located between 4 1.59 ~ 44.30 minutes north latitude and 0/27.27 ~131.18 minutes east longitude. It borders Russia's coastal areas in the east and North Hamgyong Road in the south. The total length of the border line is 755.2 kilometers, including 522.5 kilometers between China and North Korea and 232.7 kilometers between China and Russia. Yanbian covers an area of 42,700 square kilometers, accounting for about a quarter of the total area of Jilin Province.

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is a minority autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, China, which is usually referred to as Yanbian Prefecture or Yanbian. Yanbian is the birthplace of Manchu and its ancestor Su Shen, and the land of Longxing in Qing Dynasty. Yanbian is located on the border between China and North Korea in the east of Jilin Province, with Yanji as its capital, with an area of 42,700 square kilometers and a population of about 2146,000 (July 20 15), of which 778,000 are Koreans, accounting for 36.3% of the total population, making it the largest gathering place of Korean people in China.

Yanbian has been the sacred territory of China since ancient times, and its place name originated from Yanji. In the Ming Dynasty, people called Yanji Ji Ye, which means goat in Jurchen language. One said that because this place is a basin, it has been shrouded in smoke for many years, so it is called the smoke-gathering hillock. Yanji is the homonym of collecting cigarettes. Many appellations were used in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, such as Yanbian and Yanji. Later, Yanbian was gradually used. Geography of Jilin, published by 19 13, records the traffic in the mainland, and the southeast side is once again the rush of Yanbian. 1920 or so, the word Yanbian appeared. Because it is located at the junction of the three countries and under the jurisdiction of Yanji Frontier Defense Office, it is called Yanbian. The Ethnography of China published by 1929 clearly records that the northeast frontier is called Yanbian. Yanbian is the frontier of Yanji Road in Jilin.

In February 2002, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture administered 6 cities, 2 counties, 23 sub-district offices, 52 towns, 19 townships and 2 Korean townships.