I. Unique Topographic Features

　　Abbreviated as Ji, with Changchun as its capital, Jilin Province lies in the middle of Northeast China, covering an area of 187,400 square kilometers, which accounts for 1.95% of the whole country. In 2004, the population of Jilin Province was 27,085,000 and GDP reached RMB￥ 295.82billion, accounting for 2.08% and 1.81% of the whole country respectively
         

　　Geographic Location

　　Jilin Province is located between 40o521and 46o181north latitude and between 121o381and 131o191east longitude, about 600 kilometers wide from north to south and 750 kilometers long from east to west, bounded by Liaoning Province to the south, the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region to the west and Heilongjiang Province to the north, bordering Russia to the east and, to the southeast, separated by a river, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It has a 1,438.7-kilometer international boundary, of which 1,206 kilometers are between China and Korea and 232.7 between China and Russia. Hunchun, a city in the far east of the province is only 15 kilometers away from the Sea of Japan.
   

Topography

　　Jilin Province has a varied landscape, generally sloping towards the northwest. With the Daheishan Mountain Range in the middle, the province is divided into two topographic regions: the mountainous area in the east and the plains of the midwest. The former is further divided into the Changbaishan Mountains and their foothills; and the latter can be divided into high plains in the middle, and grassy marshlands, lakes, ponds, and wet sandy soils in the west. The main mountain chains include the Daheishan Mountains, the Zhangguangcailing Range, the Jilinhadaling Range, the Laoling Range, and the Mudanling Range, etc. The main plains include the Songnen Plain and the Liaohe Plain, etc.
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