Location: lying in the central part of northeast China, borders Liaoning Province to the south, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the west, Heilongjiang Province to the north and Russia to the east and faces the Korean Peninsula across the Yalu River to the southeast.

Area: 187,400 square kilometers

Climate: Ttropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

provincial capital: Changchun


Population:
27.28 millions (March 2001)

 
Cities
Changchun  | Jilin | Tonghua | Yanji

 

Ethnic groups: There are 40 ethnical groups, including the Han, Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, etc.