Jilin City (Chinese: 吉林市; Pinyin: Jílín Shì) is a prefecture-level city located in Jilin Province in China. It has a population of 1,955,804 (metropolitan 1,900,751) and an area of 27,100 km². Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x960, 52 KB) Description: Maps of Jilin Province , China Source:  Date: On Aug. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...   (Chinese: ; Pinyin: Jílín; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Postal System Pinyin: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ...

Jilin City is also called River City (Chinese: 江城), which was originated from one sentence, "Chinese: 连樯接舰屯江城", of a poem written by Kangxi Emperor when he was visiting Jilin City in 1674. The alias name is also because of the Songhua River surrounding almost the whole city. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Location of the Songhua River is in dark blue. ...

Geography

Jilin City is situated in hilly area near the Songhua River. Location of the Songhua River is in dark blue. ...

Tourism

Jilin City is a popular destination for Japanese tourists who come each winter to view the rime ice (Chinese: 雾凇) on trees along the banks of the Songhua River. The rime ice is a natural phenomenon that occurs every year during January and February. It is a result of when water vapor rises up from the warm Songhua River to meet the cold -20 °C night air, causing the crystalisation of water vapour on willows branches. The ice-rimed trees in Jilin are one of the four natural wonders of China, along with the Guilin Mountains and Streams, Yunnan Stone Forest, and Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. Rime ice, on top of Szczeliniec Wielki, Poland Rime ice on a tree in Black Forest, Germany Rime ice is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. ... position of Guilin in Guangxi Guilin in Guangxi Guilin (Chinese: æ¡‚æž—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuei-lin, Postal System Pinyin: Kweilin; Zhuang: Gveilinz) is one of Chinas most picturesque cities, with a population of 670,000, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Peoples... Yunan redirects here. ... The Three Gorges (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: [ ]) region is a scenic area along the Yangtze River in the Peoples Republic of China with a total length of approximately 200 km. ...

Attractions:

• Meteorite Museum (largest stony meteorite of a documented meteorite fall)
• North Hill Park (North-West of Jilin)
• Dragon Pool Mountain Park
• Songhua Lake (South-East of Jilin)

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Sister cities

• Nakhodka, Primorsky krai, Russia - July, 1991.
• Spokane, Washington,United States.

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Sports

The winter sports in Jilin City are full of interests, such as skiing, skating, sledding, snowboarding, and winter swim. Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ... Look up skating in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Snowboarder in a half-pipe Snowboarder on trial Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard that is attached to ones feet using a boot/binding interface. ...

Ski resorts:

• North Big Lake ski resort
• Songhua Lake ski resort
• North Hill ski resort
• Zhuque Hill ski resort

See also

• Jilin chemical plant explosions 2005

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External link

• Official Jilin City government website (Chinese)

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