延边朝鲜族自治州简介

延边朝鲜族自治州成立于1952年9月3日,是我国最大的朝鲜族聚居区和东北唯一的少数民族自治州.下辖延吉、图们、敦化、珲春、龙井、和龙6市和汪清、安图2县,首府所在地为延吉市。 延边朝鲜族自治州位于吉林省东部,幅员面积4.27万平方公里,约占吉林省总面积的四分之一,地势西高东低,地貌呈山地、丘陵、盆地三个梯度分布,素有“八山一水半草半分田”之说。全州总人口218万人,其中朝鲜族人口82.0万人,占37.7%,汉族占59.29%,其他民族占3.01%。

延边地处中俄朝三国交界,东与俄罗斯滨海边疆区接壤,南隔图们江与朝鲜咸境北道、两江道毗邻,濒临日本海,与韩日相望。边境线长达768.5公里,其中中朝522.5公里,中俄246公里。延边地处中俄朝三国交界,东与俄罗斯滨海边疆区接壤,南隔图们江与朝鲜咸境北道、两江道毗邻,濒临日本海,与韩日相望。边境线长达768.5公里,其中中朝522.5公里,中俄246公里。有5个边境县市,18个边境乡镇,10处对外开放口岸,年过货能力610万吨,过客能力290万人次。是中国东北沟通内外的重要“窗口”,也是东北亚区域经济、人口、地理三个重心的交汇点,是吉林省对外开放开发和对外经贸的最前沿,是国内企业进军俄、朝的重要桥头堡,区位独特,优势明显,发展潜力巨大。珲春是1992年国家批准的12个沿边开放城市之一。

About Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was founded on Sep. 1952. It is the largest region where ethnic Koreans live in compact communities and the only minority prefecture in northeast China. There are 6 cities (Yanji, Tumen, Longjing, Dunhua, Hunchun, Helong) and 2 counties ( Antu and Wangqing ) in the prefecture. The total area is 42.700 square kilometers, which is about a quarter of area of Jilin Province. The relief map shows the three landforms, a moutain regionhilly land and basin, the physical feature -high in the west, low in the east. The total population in Yanbian is about 2.180.000, of which 59.29% are Chinese, 37.7% Korean, 3.01% are other minorities. Since the foundation of Prefecture, the Party and State have been paying great attention to construction and development of Yanbian.

Yanbian has a common border with Russia and D.P.R.K. Yanbian neighbors Primosky Krai of Russia in the east (the border is 522.5 kilometers in length 0, and with Hamkyong Buk Do and RyangKang Do of D.P.R.K. across Tumen River (the border is 232.7 kilometers in length ), total 755.2 kilometers. Yanbian is important cross roads where connects with other southern places. Being supported by the vast hinterland of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning Provinces, Yanbian is the intersection point of economy, population and geography in Northeast Asia, and plays a pivotal role linking Asia, Europe and America transportation systems.