Where is Yanji and which province is it?

Yanji, the county-level city and capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, is located in the east of Jilin Province, the middle of Yanbian, the northern foot of Changbai Mountain and the hinterland of Northeast Asian economic circle. It is a fulcrum on the Chinese side of the "Golden Triangle" of Tumen River drawn up by the United Nations.

The east is only 60 kilometers from the Sino-Russian border and 80 kilometers from the Sea of Japan. Nanzhi is more than 0/0 kilometers away from the border between China and North Korea, with a total area of 1748 square kilometers.

Yanji is a central city in eastern Jilin Province, an excellent tourist city in China and a top 100 county in China. Yanji's scenic spots include: Maoershan National Forest Park, Chengzi Mountain City Ruins, Chunxing Village, and ancient Korean villages. In June 2022, it was selected as one of the top 100 counties with comprehensive strength of county tourism in 2022.

Topographic and climatic characteristics:

Yanji City is surrounded by mountains in the east, south and north, with open west and flat middle, showing a horseshoe-shaped basin. Average elevation150m. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with hilly terrain. Rivers in the territory are tributaries of Tumen River, mainly Burhatong River, Yanji River and Hailan River. The soils in this area are mainly gray brown soil, paddy soil, alluvial soil, meadow soil and black soil.

Yanji is located in a high-latitude mountain forest basin with continental climate characteristics. It is dry and windy in spring, warm and rainy in summer, cool and rainy in autumn, and long and cold in winter, belonging to the semi-humid climate zone in the middle temperate zone. The annual average temperature is 5.5℃, the annual frost-free period is 160 days, the annual average precipitation is 479.0 mm, the average sunshine is 2447.2 hours, and the freezing days are 164 days.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yanji City