Jilin (Jilin Sheng, China)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ג'ילין (ג'ילין שנג, סין)
Name (Latin)
Jilin (Jilin Sheng, China)
Other forms of name
Chi-ling (China)
Yung-chi (China)
Yung-chi hsien (Jilin Sheng, China)
Yungki (China)
nnaa Kirin, China (City)
Kitsurin-shi (China)
Chi-lin (Jilin Sheng, China)
Chi-lin shih (China)
Jilin Shi (China)
nne Kirin (China)
Girin (China)
Kilin (China)
Coordinates
126.56157 126.56157 43.8461 43.8461 (gooearth )
E1263337 E1263337 N0435103 N0435103 (geonames )
Associated country
China
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 167792594
Wikidata: Q92277
Library of congress: n 81037255
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, Jan. 12, 2006:(Jilin Shi--ADM2, 43°51ʹ00ʺN 126°33ʹ00ʺE, variant Chi-lin Shih; Jilin--PPL, 43°51ʹ03ʺN 126°33ʹ37ʺE, variants: Chi-lin, Chi-ling, Girin, Kilin, Kirin, Yung-chi, Yung-chi hsien, Yungki [other Jilin in Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu and Heilongjiang Sheng])
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 43°51ʹ03ʺN 126°33ʹ37ʺE)
  • BGN, 1979 (Jilin Shi)
  • GEOnet, Mar. 19, 1999(Julin Shi--ADM2, 43p0s51'N 126p0s33'N, variantChi-lin shih; Julin--PPL, 43p0s51'N 126p0s33'E, variants: Chi-lin, Chi-lin-shih, Girin, Kilin, Kirin [another Jilin in Guangxi Sheng])

Wikipedia description:

Jilin City is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of the 2020 census, 3,623,713 people resided within its administrative area of 27,166.37 square kilometres (10,488.99 sq mi) and 1,895,865 in its built-up (or metro) area consisting of four urban districts. A prefecture-level city, it is the only major city nationally that shares its name with its province. Jilin City is also known as the River City because of the Songhua River surrounding much of the city. In 2007, it co-hosted the Asian Winter Games.

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