Yanbian
Yanbian is an autonomous prefecture in Jilin province of China, next to the border with North Korea and Russia. It is home to the largest ethnic Korean community outside Korea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Yanji and Hunchun.
Yanji
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Yanji is a city in Jilin Province. Unlike other Chinese cities, this little city is relatively clean and peaceful. You can find quite a lot of cafes that serve good coffee, and also you will see many tea houses around the city.
Hunchun
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Hunchun is in Yanbian in the far north east of China. It borders North Korea to the west and Russia to the east.
Tumen
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Tumen is in Yanbian in the far northeast of China. It borders North Korea, and the town of Namyang, over the Tumen River.
Yanbian
- Type: Region with 2,270,000 residents
- Description: autonomous prefecture in Jilin Province, China
- Also known as: “Korean Autonomous Area”, “Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture”, “Yen-pien Autonomous Area”, “Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou”, “Yen-pien Korean Autonomous District”, and “Yen-pien-chao-hsien-tsu Tzu-chih-chou”
- Categories: autonomous prefecture and locality
- Location: Jilin, Northeast China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
42.907° or 42° 54′ 25″ northLongitude of center
129.4636° or 129° 27′ 49″ eastPopulation
2,270,000Elevation
697 metres (2,287 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 244082488OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yanbian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يانبيان”
- Basque: “Yanbian Korear Prefektura autonomoa”
- Basque: “Yanbian”
- Catalan: “Prefectura autònoma coreana de Yanbian”
- Cebuano: “Yanbian Chaoxianzu Zizhizhou”
- Chinese: “Iân-pian Tiâu-sián-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
- Chinese: “Yanbian Chaoxianzu Zizhizhou”
- Chinese: “延边”
- Chinese: “延边州”
- Chinese: “延边朝鲜族自治州”
- Chinese: “延邊”
- Chinese: “延邊州”
- Chinese: “延邊朝鮮族自治州”
- Czech: “Jen-pien”
- Czech: “Korejská autonomní prefektura Jen-pien”
- Danish: “Yanbian”
- Dutch: “Autonome Koreaanse Prefectuur Yanbian”
- Dutch: “Yanbian Autonome Prefectuur”
- Esperanto: “Korea Aŭtonoma Prefektujo Janbiano”
- Estonian: “Yanbiani Korea autonoomne ringkond”
- Finnish: “Yanbianin korealaisten autonominen prefektuuri”
- French: “Prefecture autonome coreenne de Yanbian”
- French: “préfecture autonome coréenne de Yanbian”
- French: “Préfecture autonome coréenne de Yanbian”
- Gan Chinese: “延边朝鲜族自治州”
- German: “Autonomer Bezirk Yanbian der Koreaner”
- German: “Yanbian”
- Greek: “Αυτόνομη Κορεατική Διοικητική Περιφέρεια της Γιάνμπιαν”
- Hebrew: “הנציבות האוטונומית הקוריאנית ינביין”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Otonom Korea Yanbian”
- Italian: “prefettura autonoma coreana di Yanbian”
- Italian: “Prefettura autonoma coreana di Yanbian”
- Japanese: “ヨンビョン”
- Japanese: “延辺州”
- Japanese: “延辺朝鮮族自治区”
- Japanese: “延辺朝鮮族自治州”
- Korean: “연변 조선족 자치주”
- Korean: “연변”
- Korean: “연변조선족자치주”
- Korean: “옌벤 조선족 자치주”
- Korean: “옌볜 조선족 자치주”
- Korean: “옌볜”
- Korean: “옌볜조선족자치주”
- Korean: “조선족 자치주”
- Literary Chinese: “延邊”
- Literary Chinese: “延邊州”
- Literary Chinese: “延邊朝鮮族自治州”
- Malagasy: “Prefektiora mahaleotena koreanin’i Yanbian”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Iòng-biĕng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Iân-pian Tiâu-sián-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
- Mongolian: “Яньбянь тойрог”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yanbian”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yanbian”
- Norwegian: “Yanbian”
- Ossetian: “Яньбянь-Корейаг автономон зылд”
- Persian: “ولایت خودمختار یانبیان کرهای”
- Polish: “Yanbian”
- Portuguese: “Prefeitura autônoma coreana de Yanbian”
- Portuguese: “Prefeitura Autônoma de Yanbian”
- Russian: “Яньбянь-Корейский автономный округ”
- Russian: “Яньбянь-Корейский АО”
- Spanish: “Prefectura autonoma coreana de Yanbian”
- Spanish: “Prefectura autónoma coreana de Yanbian”
- Spanish: “Yanbian”
- Swedish: “Yanbian”
- Thai: “จังหวัดปกครองตนเองชนชาติเกาหลี หยันเปียน”
- Thai: “จังหวัดปกครองตนเองชนชาติเกาหลีหยันเปียน”
- Thai: “หยันเปียน”
- Thai: “เหยียนเปียน”
- Turkish: “Yanbian Kore Özerk İli”
- Turkish: “Yanbian”
- Uighur: “يەنبيەن چاۋشيەنزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى”
- Ukrainian: “Яньбянь-Корейська автономна префектура”
- Ukrainian: “Яньбянь”
- Urdu: “یانبیان کوریائی خودمختار پریفیکچر”
- Urdu: “ینبیاں کوریا اوٹونوموس پرفکترے”
- Vietnamese: “Châu tự trị dân tộc Triều Tiên Diên Biên”
- Vietnamese: “Diên Biên”
- Western Frisian: “Yanbian”
- Wu Chinese: “延边朝鲜族自治州”
- Yue Chinese: “延邊”
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