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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
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Connections

Associated With

China, Countries
Source Wikipedia: Changchun
Jilin, States or Territories
Source Wikipedia: Changchun

Capital Of

Jilin, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Changchun - GeoNames
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Source Wikipedia: FAW Grouptier 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Changchun
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    At the 2020 census of China, Changchun had a population of 9,066,906.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    24758
  • Infobox: 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
    43.897°N 125.326°E
  • 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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2. GeoNames: Changchun - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2038180
    43.88 125.32278 P PPLA CN 05 2201 5691024 206 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 206 m
  • Capital Of: Jilin, cities500 record 2038180, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 05)
    43.88 125.32278 P PPLA CN 05 2201 5691024 206 Asia/Shanghai
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3. Jilin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeography section
Quote, Geography section
Jilin is landlocked.
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 125.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 125.25
43.75 125.25 Dwa
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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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