Meihekou () is a city of 600,000 in

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, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to

Liaoyuan Liaoyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Jilin City. Liaoyuan lies some south of C ...

in the northwest. The city is administratively a

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of the

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Tonghua Tonghua () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, Liaoyuan to the northwest, an ...

, and is its northernmost

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Geography

Meihekou is located in southwestern Jilin province at latitudes 42° 08' to 43° 02' N and longitudes 125° 15' to 126° 03' E, stretching north−south and west−east. It is situated in the western foothills of the

Changbai Mountains The Changbai Mountains (simplified Chinese:长白山; traditional Chinese:長白山) are a major mountain range in Northeast Asia that extends from the Northeast Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, across the border between ...

and on the upper reaches of the

Huifa River The Huifa River () is a 267.7-km-long tributary of the Second Songhua River in center Northeast China. The source of river is located in Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County of Liaoning Province and flows generally from west to east across Meihekou、 ...

(). Bordering county-level divisions are

Huinan County Huinan County () is a county of southwestern Jilin province, China. It is under the administration of Tonghua City, with a population of 350,000 residing in an area of . Administrative divisions There are 10 towns and one ethnic township. Towns: ...

to the east,

Liuhe County Liuhe () is a county of southwestern Jilin province, China, bordering Liaoning province to the southwest. It is under the administration of Tonghua City, with a population of 360,000 residing in an area of . Administrative divisions There are 11 t ...

to the south and southeast,

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(

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) to the southwest,

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to the west and northwest.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Xinhua Subdistrict (),

Jiefang Subdistrict Jiefang, generally a spelling without tonemarks of Jiěfàng (), may refer to: *''Jiefang Daily'', newspaper of the Shanghai committee of the Chinese Communist Party * FAW Jiefang, a truck manufacturing company ** Jiefang CA-30, military truck * t ...

(), Guangming Subdistrict (), Heping Subdistrict (),

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() Towns: * Shancheng (), Hailong (), Hongmei (),

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...

(), Xinhe (), Shuguang (), Zhonghe, Meihekou (), Yizuoying (), Shuidao (), Yezhuhe (), Kangdaying (), Heishantou (), Niuxinding (), Dawan () Townships: * Lilu Township (), Shuangquan Township (), Sibashi Township (), Chengnan Township (), Yimin Township (), Xingling Township (), Jile Township (), Shuangxing Township (), Xinghua Township (), Jiangjiajie Township (), Wanlong Township (), Xiaoyang Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township (),

Huayuan Korean Ethnic Township Huayuan may refer to the following locations in China: *Huayuan County (花垣县), of Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan *Huayuan Area (华苑), Nankai District, Tianjin ;Towns (花园镇) * Huayuan, Huoqiu County, in Huoqiu County, Anhui * Huayuan, Xiaoch ...

()

Transportation

Meihekou is a regional transport hub, connecting the Shenji (Shenyang−Jilin City; ), the Simei (Siping−Meihekou; ), and the Meiji (Meihekou−Ji'an ) Railways. The highways that pass through the area are the Heida (Heihe−Dalian) Highway and the Jixi (Ji'an−Xilinhot) Highway.

References

External links

Meihekou government website (Chinese)
{{County-level divisions of Jilin Cities in Jilin