Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Jilin province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Yanbian is south of Heilongjiang, east of Jilin's Baishan City, north of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province, and west of Russia. Yanbian is designated as an autonomous prefecture due to the large number of ethnic Koreans living in the region.

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Autonomous prefecture - Jilin - People's Republic of China - Heilongjiang - Baishan - North Korea - North Hamgyong - Russia - Koreans

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The prefectural capital is Yanji, and the area is 42,700 km² (one quarter of Jilin Province, about the size of The Netherlands).

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Capital - Yanji - The Netherlands

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The Prefecture has an important Bohai archaeological site: the Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain, which includes the Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao. Bohai was an ancient kingdom and civilization that flourished in the region in the 7th to 10th centuries.

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Bohai - Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain - Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao

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