Tonghua
Sign in to saveTonghua () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, Liaoyuan to the northwest, and Liaoning province to the west and southwest. Its population was 1,812,114 registered residents at the 2020 census living in an area of . Its built-up (or metro) area made of the two urban districts was home to 446,917 inhabitants. It is known as one of the five medicine production centres in China.
Key facts
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- Tonghua
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- T'ung-hua
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- 通化市
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- zh
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- Prefecture-level city
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- From top, left to right: View from Yuhuang Mountain; Night Street in Dongchang; Tonghua Science and Culture Center; Yang Jingyu Memorial Park; Yuhuang Temple
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- Location of Tonghua Prefecture within Jilin (China).png
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- Location of Tonghua City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
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- Jilin
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- left
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- Location of the city centre in Jilin
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- 240
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Jilin
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- County-level divisions
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- 7
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- Climate
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- Tourism
- Yang Jingyu Martyrs Cemetery
- Baijifeng National Forest Park
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Tonghua () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, Liaoyuan to the northwest, and Liaoning province to the west and southwest. Its population was 1,812,114 registered residents at the 2020 census living in an area of . Its built-up (or metro) area made of the two urban districts was home to 446,917 inhabitants. It is known as one of the five medicine production centres in China.
==History== thumb|Map including Tonghua (labeled as T'UNG-HUA ) (Army Map Service|AMS, 1955) Human settlement in the Tonghua area dates from about 6,000 years ago. In the Western Han Dynasty, Tonghua belonged to the Liaodong Fourth Commandery ().