Yanji
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延吉 市 , 연길 Yánjí Shì Yanji |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 54 ' N , 129 ° 30' E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Jilin | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-JL | ||
| height | 179 m | ||
| surface | 1332 km² | ||
| Residents | 386,008 (1999) | ||
| density | 289.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| Website | www.yanji.gov.cn | ||
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| Postal code : | 133000 | ||
| Time zone : | China Standard Time ( UTC + 8 ) | ||
Yanji (延吉 市; Pinyin : Yánjí Shì; Korean. 연길 Yŏngil) is a Chinese county-level city in the Koreans' Yanbian Autonomous District in Jilin Province . In 1999 it had 386,008 inhabitants.
In 1928 the Missionary Benedictines founded a monastery in Yanji, which was soon elevated to an abbey due to its successful missionary work, but was closed in the course of the Chinese Revolution . Some friars were able to flee and founded the Waegwan Monastery .
A rail project will be built in Yanji by 2016 to connect high-speed trains from China to North Korea .
education
Yanji is home to Yanbian University in the Yanbian Autonomous District, which is tasked with providing the Korean-speaking minority with a higher education. In addition, there is the Yanbian University for Science and Technology in Yanji .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ people.fas.harvard.edu
- ↑ official website of the Mission Benedictines ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ wallstreetjournal.de