Hunchun is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture within Jilin province, in the far east of China. It borders North Hamgyong Province in North Korea and Primorsky Krai in Russia, has over 250,000 inhabitants and covers 5,145 square kilometres. The site of Donggyeong, the eastern capital of the Balhae Kingdom between 785 and 793, was located here. The name comes from the Manchu word Huncun. The area near the village of Fangchuan, where the borders of China, Russia and North Korea meet, has an observation platform and is a popular tourist attraction.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Hunchun (Wikipedia)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.863, 130.366
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinatesQuote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 41.0
3. Jilin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeography sectionQuote, Geography section
Jilin is landlocked.
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 42.75 N 130.25 E containing the city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell 42.75 N 130.25 E containing the city coordinates
42.75 130.25 Dwb
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseChina section, report quoted from the US Naval ObservatoryQuote, China section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this cityQuote, On Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
is a country in East Asia
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