Changbai Korean Autonomous County, or simply Changbai County, is a county in southern
Jilin province, China, facing
Hyesan,
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
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Geography
It is under the administration of the city of
Baishan, to the west-northwest, and has an area of . The county has a total population of 85,000 people, 14,000 of which are
ethnic Koreans (16.9% of the county's population).
Changbai is one of only two Korean
autonomous areas of China, the other being
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin, Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Province, to the west by Jilin's Baishan, Baishan City and Jilin Ci ...
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Administrative divisions
There are seven
towns and one
township.
Climate
See also
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Changbai–Hyesan International Bridge
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Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin, Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Province, to the west by Jilin's Baishan, Baishan City and Jilin Ci ...
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Koreans in China
Notes
References
County-level divisions of Jilin
Baishan
China–North Korea border crossings
Korean territories in China
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