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Jilin

China
Also known as: Chi-lin, Kirin
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Jilin, city, central Jilin province (sheng), northeastern China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shi) whose territory was enlarged in the early 1970s to encompass the former Yongji prefecture. Situated on the left bank of the upper Sungari (Songhua) River, it lies among surrounding hills about 60 miles (100 km) east of the provincial capital, Changchun. Jilin is one of the most ancient cities in Northeast China (Manchuria). Originally it was a small village in the...

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