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Changchun

Eastern Asia

Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, China, on the Songliao Plain in the country's northeast, administered as a sub-provincial city. Once the capital of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, Changchun developed into one of China's leading centers of automobile manufacturing and film production, and remains an important industrial, transport and educational hub in the northeast.

Facts
Population
9,066,906 1
Area (sq km)
24,758 1
Founding Year
1800 1
1800: the Jiaqing Emperor named the trading post Changchun Ting per the article Early history section. Later administrative milestones on the same page: promoted to city status as Changchun Fu in 1889 (Incorporated (town), infobox established_date2), and incorporated as a city in 1932 (infobox established_date3), the Manchukuo era.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
222 1
Latitude
43.897 degrees north 1
Longitude
125.326 degrees east 1
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China, Countries
Source Wikipedia: Changchun
Jilin, States or Territories
Source Wikipedia: Changchun
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Changchun
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox population_total field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | population_total = 9066906
  • Infobox population_as_of field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | population_as_of = 2020 census
  • Infobox area_total_km2 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | area_total_km2 = 24758
  • Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | elevation_m = 222
  • Early history section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    In 1800, the Jiaqing Emperor selected a small village on the east bank of the Yitong River and named it Changchun Ting.
  • Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    {{coord|43.897|N|125.326|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-22_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}
  • Associated With: China, Infobox subdivision_name field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | subdivision_name = [[China]]
  • Associated With: Jilin, Infobox subdivision_name1 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchun
    | subdivision_name1 = [[Jilin]]
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Wikidata: Changchun
  • Wikidata Q92161, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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