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Jilin Province

吉林省
Name transcription(s)
  Cheenese吉林省 (Jílín Shěng)
  Abbreviation (pinyin: Jí)
Map shawin the location o Jilin Province
Map shawin the location o Jilin Province
Coordinates: 43°42′N 126°12′E / 43.7°N 126.2°E / 43.7; 126.2Coordinates: 43°42′N 126°12′E / 43.7°N 126.2°E / 43.7; 126.2
Named forfrae girin ula, a Manchu phrase meanin "alang the river"
Caipital
(an lairgest ceety)
Changchun
Divisions9 prefecturs, 60 coonties, 1006 tounships
Govrenment
  SecretarWang Rulin
  GovrenorBayanqolu
Area
  Total187400 km2 (72,400 sq mi)
Area rank13th
Population
 (2010)[2]
  Total27,462,297
  Rank21st
  Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
  Density rank23rd
Demographics
  Ethnic composeetionHan - 91%
Korean - 4%
Manchu - 4%
Mongol - 0.6%
Hui - 0.5%
  Leids an dialectsNortheastren Mandarin, Hamgyŏng Korean
ISO 3166 codeCN-22
GDP (2011)CNY 1053.1 billion
US$ 167.1 billion (22nt)
 • per capitaCNY 31,599
US$ 4,668 (11t)
HDI (2008)0.815 (high) (9th)
Websitehttp://www.jl.gov.cn
(Simplified Chinese)

Jilin (Cheenese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; Wade–Giles: Chi-lin, IPA: [tɕǐlǐn] ( listen); Postal map spellin: Kirin), is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. The name wis transliteratit tae Kirin afore staundartisation tae pinyin.

The name "Jilin" probably oreeginates frae Girin ula ᡤᡳ᠍ᡵᡳ᠌ᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ, a Manchu term meanin "alang the river"; this wis transcribed intae Jilin wula (T: 吉林烏拉 / S: 吉林乌拉) in Cheenese, then shortened tae Jilin.[3] The leeteral meanin o the Cheenese characters for "Jilin" is "auspicious forest".

  1. "Doing Business in China - Survey". Ministry Of Commerce - People's Republic Of China. Archived frae the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census [1] (No. 2)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 29 Apryle 2011. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

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