Changchun
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Changchun () is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Jilin province, locatit in the northeast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, in the center o the Songliao Plain. It is administered as a sub-provincial ceety wi a population o aboot 7.5 million unner its jurisdiction, includin coonties an coonty-level ceeties. The name, which means "Lang Spring", oreeginatit frae the Jurchen leid. The urban districts o Changchun's ceety proper hae a total population o 4.86 million.[1]
[edit] Internaitional relations
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Changchun is twinned wi:
Minsk, Belaroushie (syne 1992)
Quebec Ceety, Quebec, Canadae
Windsor, Ontario, Canadae
Wolfsburg, Germany (syne 2006)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan (since 1980)
Masterton, New Zealand
Chelyabinsk, Roushie
Novosibirsk, Roushie
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
Ulan Ude, Ryn (syne 2000)
Novi Sad, Serbie
Žilina, Slovakie
Ulsan, Sooth Korea (syne 1994)
Birmingham, Unitit Kinrick
Flint, Michigan, Unitit States
Little Rock, Arkansas, Unitit States
Stonington, Connecticut, Unitit States
Nuuk, Greenland
[edit] References
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Online