
Longjing is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, south-eastern Jilin province, China. It lies on the Tumen River, opposite the North Korean city Hoeryong. Longjing is "the birthplace of Chinese Korean folk culture, the area in China where Korean people live most concentratedly and where Korean folk culture is best preserved."
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Its population is approximately "167,000, including 110,800 Koreans, accounting for 66.4% of the total population." It borders Yanji and Tumen City on the northeast, Helong to the southwest, and Antu County in the southwest. The border length is 142.5 kilometres (88.5 mi).
Longjing covers an area of 2,208.0 km2, with a forest coverage rate of 71.5%. It is rich in natural resources. "There are 1,072 species of wild economic plants in 124 families, including 186 species of precious medicinal plants. Wild economic animals include black bear, wild boar, Siberian roe deer, Rana chensinensis, etc." Longjing is famous for producing rice, Pyrus pyrifolia, Matsutake, red sun-cured tobacco, Yanbian cattle, and fine-wool sheep. It has the largest orchard in Asia - "万亩果园/10,000 Mu Orchard" (One "mu" is equal to 666.67 m2), the largest bear breeding base in China - "东方熊乐园/Oriental Bear Paradise" and the "吉林天佛指山国家级自然保护区/Jilin Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve" which aims to protect Matsutake, Pinus densiflora and its ecosystem.
From the Wikipedia article Longjing, Jilin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Longjing
- Yanji15 km NE
- Tumen40 km NE
- Namyang41 km NE
- Namyang-nodongjagu41 km NE
- Helong43 km SW
- Hoeryŏng45 km SE
- Onsŏng51 km NE
- Antu56 km NW
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