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Which province is Yanji?

Yanji City belongs to Jilin Province.

Yanji City, located in the east of Jilin Province, is the capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The whole city covers an area of 1.748 square kilometers and governs 6 streets and 4 towns. The registered population of the city is 5410.3 million, and the Korean population is 308,400, accounting for 57% of the total population. The level of urbanization is over 90%, and it is a livable and open central city with Korean national characteristics, with industry, commerce and tourism as the mainstay. The comprehensive strength ranks first among counties (cities) in Jilin Province, and it is the only top 100 counties (cities) in China.

Yanji is a charming tourist city with rich customs. Yanji, located in the hinterland of Changbai Mountain, attracts many domestic and foreign tourists with its beautiful and magnificent natural scenery. Starting from Yanji, there are quiet and winding summer resort Jingbo Lake in the north, steep and towering Changbai Mountain in the south, Fangchuan Island in the east, and Maoershan National Forest Park, which is surrounded by mountains and waters and has pleasant scenery.

Historical evolution of Yanji city;

1. Before and after the Tang Dynasty, Yanji was under the jurisdiction of Koguryo and Bohai State.

2. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Yanji area was successively subordinate to Kaiyuan Road, Liaoyang Province, and Nuergan made ambassador to Sibuhatu and other health clinics.

3. In the 16th year of Kangxi (AD 1677), the Qing court designated the east of Xingjing, the south of Yitong and the north of Tumen River as mountain-forbidden paddocks under the name of "Changbai Mountain is the ancestral land of Longxing", which lasted for 200 years.

4. 17 14 years (fifty-three years of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty), the Qing government established Hunchun Xie Ling. Hunchun Xie Lingyou 15 Karen (rear) is under the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningguta. The following year, Xie Ling yamen was built in the north of Hunchun River, and the city began to build.

5.1May, 953, Yanji City was set aside from Yanji County and set as Yanji City at the county level.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yanji City