Tongyu () is a county in the northwest of

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province, China, bordering

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to the south and west. It is the southernmost

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of the

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Baicheng Baicheng ( zh, s=, p=Báichéng Shì, l=White City, c=白城市) is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 201 ...

, and has a population of 350,000 residing in an area of . The town of Tongyu can be considered to include the areas of Kaitong and Yangjing described below.

Administrative divisions

There are eight

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, eight

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, and two ethnic townships under the county's administration. Towns: * Kaitong (), Zhanyu (), Shuanggang (), Xinglongshan (), Bianzhao (), Hongxing (),

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(), Wulanhua () Townships: * Yangjing Township (),

Yongqing Township Yongqing () is a county in Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Langfang. It borders Guangyang District to the north, Anci District to the east, Bazhou to the south, and Gu'an County to the west. T ...

(), Xinfa Township (), Xinxing Township (), Tuanjie Township (), Shihuadao Township (), Bamian Township (), Sugongtuo Township (), Xianghai Mongol Ethnic Township (), Baolawendu Mongol Ethnic Township ()

Climate

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County-level divisions of Jilin {{Jilin-geo-stub