Helong (;
Chosŏn'gŭl
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: 화룡;
Hangul
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: 허룽) is a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
in southeastern
Jilin
)
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province,
Northeast China
Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...
. It is under the administration of the
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 ...
. In January 2024, several thousand
North Korean migrant workers in the city initiated
a series of protests over withheld payments.
Administrative divisions
Helong has three
subdistricts and eight
towns
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
.
Subdistricts:
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Wenhua Subdistrict (文化街道 / 문화가도)
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Minhui Subdistrict (民惠街道 / 민혜가도)
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Guangming Subdistrict (光明街道 / 광명가도)
Towns:
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Toudao (头道镇 / 두도진)
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Bajiazi (八家子镇 / 팔가자진)
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Fudong (福洞镇 / 복동진)
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Xicheng (西城镇 / 서성진)
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Nanping
Nanping; historically known as Yanping ( zh, s=延平, poj=Iân-pêng is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, Province, China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the sou ...
(南坪镇 / 남평진)
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Longcheng (龙城镇 / 용성진)
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Dongcheng (东城镇 / 동성진)
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Chongshan (崇善镇 / 숭선진)
Climate
References
External links
Official website of Helong government
Cities in Yanbian
County-level divisions of Jilin
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