Wangqing County (; 현) is a county of southeastern

Jilin Jilin (; Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three Provinces of China, provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, R ...

province, China. It is under the administration of the

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture Yanbian (; Chosŏn'gŭl: , ''Yeonbyeon''), officially known as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang Province, on the wes ...

. The county's name Wangqing comes from the

Manchu language Manchu (Manchu:, ) is a critically endangered East Asian Tungusic language native to the historical region of Manchuria in Northeast China. As the traditional native language of the Manchus, it was one of the official languages of the Qi ...

meaning ''fortress''.

Administrative divisions

Wangqing has eight

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and one

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. Towns: * Wangqing (汪清镇 / 왕청진), Daxinggou (大兴沟镇 / 대흥구진), Tianqiaoling (天桥岭镇 / 천교령진), Luozigou (罗子沟镇 / 라자구진), Chunyang (春阳镇 / 춘양진), Fuxing (复兴镇 / 복흥진), Baicaogou (百草沟镇 / 백초구진),

Dongguang Dongguang County () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou, in the east of Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong province to the southeast. Area is and population is 350,000. Chi ...

(东光镇 / 동광진) The only township is Jiguan Township (鸡冠乡 / 계관향)

Climate

Notable people from Wangqing County

* Ju To-il, Chinese-born North Korean vice-marshal

References

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County-level divisions of Jilin Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture {{Jilin-geo-stub