Jilin

Jilin Province
Jilin Province; 吉林省
	Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	吉林省 (Jílín Shěng)
• Abbreviation	吉 (pinyin: Jí)
	Map shawin the location o Jilin Province
	Coordinates: 43°42′N 126°12′E / 43.7°N 126.2°ECoordinates: 43°42′N 126°12′E / 43.7°N 126.2°E
Named for	frae girin ula, a Manchu phrase meanin "alang the river"
Caipital; (an lairgest ceety)	Changchun
Divisions	9 prefecturs, 60 coonties, 1006 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Wang Rulin
• Govrenor	Bayanqolu
Area
• Total	187400 km2 (72,400 sq mi)
Area rank	13th
Population (2010)
• Total	27,462,297
• Rank	21st
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
• Density rank	23rd
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 91%; Korean - 4%; Manchu - 4%; Mongol - 0.6%; Hui - 0.5%
• Leids an dialects	Northeastren Mandarin, Hamgyŏng Korean
ISO 3166 code	CN-22
GDP (2011)	CNY 1053.1 billion; US$ 167.1 billion (22nt)
• per capita	CNY 31,599; US$ 4,668 (11t)
HDI (2008)	0.815 (high) (9th)
Website	http://www.jl.gov.cn; (Simplified Chinese)

Jilin (Cheenese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; Wade–Giles: Chi-lin, IPA: [tɕǐlǐn] ( listen); Postal map spellin: Kirin), is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. The name wis transliteratit tae Kirin afore staundartisation tae pinyin.

The name "Jilin" probably oreeginates frae Girin ula ᡤᡳ᠍ᡵᡳ᠌ᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ, a Manchu term meanin "alang the river"; this wis transcribed intae Jilin wula (T: 吉林烏拉 / S: 吉林乌拉) in Cheenese, then shortened tae Jilin.^[3] The leeteral meanin o the Cheenese characters for "Jilin" is "auspicious forest".

Notes

↑ "Doing Business in China - Survey". Ministry Of Commerce - People's Republic Of China. Archived frae the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
↑ "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census [1] (No. 2)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 29 Apryle 2011. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

Freemit airtins

Jilin Govrenment wabsteid
Jilin Admeenistration o Industry an Commerce Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
Development zones an ports Archived 2012-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
Travel guide tae Jilin frae Wikivoyage

[mofcom-1] "Doing Business in China - Survey". Ministry Of Commerce - People's Republic Of China. Archived frae the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

[censuspop-2] "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census [1] (No. 2)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 29 Apryle 2011. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[3] (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.

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