Jingyu () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in and the county seat of
Jingyu County
Jingyu County (), formerly Méngjiāng County () until February 1946, is a county in southern Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baishan City. It is named after General Yang Jingyu, who was killed here du ...
, south-central
Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
province,
China
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. A military rocket launch site () is near this town. The
DF-4 is one example of rockets to be tested there.
See also
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Rocket launch site
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Baishan
Township-level divisions of Jilin
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